Staff Physician / Resident Physician (St. Andrew's Community Hospital)

Job Summary

Provide a high standard of medical care and be part of the teaching faculty of the hospital.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

1. General Professional Duties

• Participate and contribute towards teaching and training sessions.
• Participate in research work under the supervision of senior doctors (optional).
• Participate in family conferences for patients looked after.
• Participate in committee work, project(s) as directed by the Medical Director.
• Participate in selected incident review(s) as directed by theMedical Director.

1. Site Specific Medical Duties (Community Hospital)

• Carry out daily clinical rounds in assigned area/s by reviewing patients’ condition and ordering treatment and investigations as required.
• Attend to new admissions or referrals by reviewing patients’ referral notes, performing a comprehensive history, performing physical examinations and interviewing family members (as appropriate).
• Carry out rounds with visiting consultants, and to consider/carry out their recommendations as appropriate.
• Perform clinical procedures e.g. suturing, venepuncture, setting up IV lines, catheterization.
• Participate in Patient Care Conference (also known as multidisciplinary meetings), and contribute to the multidisciplinary care and/or discharge planning ofpatients. This may include screening andreferring patients to other services such as specialist, senior care centres,day rehabilitation centres, Home Nursing Services and/or Home Medical Services.
• Attend to emergencies in the assigned area/s.
• Do exit rounds (in-patient setting) and to hand over to the doctor on-call.
• Do 1st Line on-call (sleep-in) or stay-out calls as scheduled.

1. Site Specific Medical Duties (Nursing Homes)

• Attend to clinical needs of residents in the nursing home for a stipulated duration through regular rounds, review of conditions and ordering treatment and management as required.
• Clerk and perform comprehensive geriatric assessment for new admissions to the nursing homes.
• Lead and engage with the multidisciplinary team members during patient care conferences to optimize care plan for resident.
• Review patients after discharge from acute admissions and to ensure medication list has been updated.
• Perform suitable clinical procedures within the nursing homesetting.

1. Site Specific Medical Duties (Home Care)

• Review and look after patients in the home care setting to maintain continuity of care for chronic medical conditions in the home setting.
• Respond to requests for ad hoc home visit for patients looked after.
• Perform comprehensive geriatric assessment for all new homecare patients with careful review of medications and social/ functional needs.

1. Site Specific Medical Duties (Outpatient Clinics)

• Manage acute and chronic medical conditions for patients seen at the outpatient clinics.
• Familiarity with Healthier SG initiatives and to offer the relevant updated screening and preventive care for patients seen.

Qualification

• Medical degree that is recognized by the Singapore Medical Council.
• Basic Post-graduate medical degree acceptable as specialist qualification, e.g.Member of Royal College of Physician and Masters in Family Medicine (FamilyPhysician).
• A minimum of 2 years post qualification experience.
• Has experience and passion in clinical work. Is a person of integrity, highly motivated and able to maintain goodinterpersonal relationships and work in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team.