Job Description

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures through his actions, either directly or indirectly, that a superior quality of medical treatment, compassion and understanding is given to every patient served at the NMC Hospitals and Clinics.

• Provides patient care within the parameters of their professional competence as reflected in the scope of their clinical privileges.

• Perform preventive, restorative procedures and procedures related to removal of decidous and permanent teeth in Children.

• Must have knowledge and experience of management of dental and oral diseases in mentally and physically handicapped children.

• Must be able to perform procedures like, restoration of decidous and permanent teeth (using appropriate dental materials), vital and non-vital pulpotomies.

• Must have knowledge and experience of management of traumatized anterior and posterior teeth in children.

• Must have knowledge and experience of space maintainer and stainless steel crown and provide these when appropriate.

• Must have experience and be able to perform all above mentioned procedures (comprehensive dental treatment) under general anesthesia.If privilege is given.

• Take history, do physical examinations, interpretation of common diagnostic tests and document patient condition on admission in the specified admissions sheet as per JCIA standards.

• Records all pertinent data in medical and dental records accurately and promptly, indicating thereon the chief complaint, diagnosis, treatment administered and recommendations for further action.Records periodically in the patient’s chart the progress and problems related to the case.

• May admit patients from the hospital E.R after appropriate discussion and approval of the Consultant under whose name admission is done.

• Evaluates new admission and coordinates with Consultant a plan of investigation to establish a diagnosis and a management course. Executes the plan approved by the Consultant.

• Provision of dental treatment to the patients as advised by Head of Department.

• Participates in the pre-operative assessment of assigned patients and organize the operation in consultation with the senior staff.

• Joint consultation with the colleagues for cases requiring expertise of various dental sub-specialties.

• Conducts daily ward rounds to all inpatients in the department. Liaises with the concerned Consultant with regards to care of his inpatients.

• Observes and uphold patient’s right of security, confidentiality and privacy.

• Document plan of patient management and maintain appropriate records of all patients with accurate, timely legible completion of patient’s medical records. Keeping an updated follow-up in the progress notes.

• Seek the advice or help of the Consultant whenever the condition of a patient merits further expertise. Works under supervision and instructions of assigned Consultant.

• Prepares discharge summaries, and special reports on related patients when required.

• Presentation of new admissions to the department through the daily morning reports.

• Participates actively in the on-call rota of the department for patient care and admissions. Responds to emergencies to offer medical care and advice on problems related to his/her specialty.

• Assists staff (Consultant) in performing diagnostic or therapeutic procedures to patients in his field of specialty.

• Supervises the Junior Staff in conducting their duties and responsibilities as designated by the department.

• Actively participates in department’s educational and training activities.

• Abides by department Policies and Procedures as well as hospital by-laws, Rules and Regulations.

• Performs other applicable tasks and duties assigned within the realm of the employee’s knowledge, skills and abilities.

• Responsible to educate patients /families as per their needs and to implement their whole role regarding patient / family education process as mention in patient & family education policy and procedure including documentation in patient medical record.
• They are knowledgeable about their essential role in patient and family education.
• Involves the patient/families in plan of care and respects patients/families regarding their goals and choices of patient care.
• Provides health promotion and health teaching thru methods appropriate to a patients’ developmental level, learning needs, readiness and ability to learn, language preference, culture and situations.
• Allots time necessary to assess, plan implement and evaluate patient education provided to patients/families with appropriate documentation.

Reporting to:

Head, Department of Dental Surgery

Supervises:

None

• Liaises with:

All Physicians, Dentists, Nursing staff, other health care professionals, patients and their families.

Qualifications:

EDUCATION:

• Required

University Master Degree or Equivalent, MSC, MDS.

• Desirable

Higher qualifications in his specialty, if any.

EXPERIENCE:

• Required

• Minimum three to five (3 – 5) years in his/her specialty after obtaining Master’s Degree.

• Current valid license to practice medicine in the area of his specialty.

• Registration in Saudi Medical Council and/or Current license to practice medicine in

Saudi Arabia.

• Desirable

Eight (8) years experience in his/her specialty after obtaining Master’s Degree.

COMPETENCIES:

• Fluent in verbal and written English.
• Exhibits professionalism and excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Is knowledgeable of the Medical by-laws.
• Knowledge of computer application.