Consultant, Internal Medicine (HPC/MO 4) - Annotto Bay Hospital

Job Purpose

Under the direction of the Senior Medical Officer, the Consultant will be responsible for the delivery of medical and paramedical services of the hospital, in accordance with the Government’s policies, regulations/legal requirements and guidelines and will ensure continuous improvements in the quality of care in the delivery of these health services.

Qualification & Experience

• Graduate of an accredited Medical School
• Doctor of Medicine with a specialty in Internal Medicine
• Registration with the Medical Council of Jamaica
• A minimum of five (5) years post graduate experience in a clinical specialty of which at least two (2) should be at the consultant level
• Ability to provide effective leadership and work as part of a team;
• Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to establish and maintain satisfactory working relationships with a wide cross section of professionals and organizations;
• Excellent communication, analytical and forecasting skills;
• Excellent time management skills;
• High level of integrity and professionalism.

In addition to carrying a clinical workload in his/her specialty, other key responsibilities will include:

• Supervision and mentoring of Medical Officers, Residents and Interns.
• Providing technical programme inputs in the development of a three or five-year corporate plan; the relevant operational plans; the annual budget and annual report, and the monitoring of expenditure.
• Developing and implementing a quality assurance programme; ensuring that mechanisms and procedures are in place to enable monitoring of the quality of services and maintenance of standards and that appropriate action is taken when deficiencies are identified.

We thank all applicants for responding, however, only short listed applicants will be acknowledged.