Resident Physician - Internal Medicine

About the role

Avenue Healthcare, a leading private healthcare group in East Africa with three hospitals and 16 medical centres, is hiring a Resident Physician for its Parklands Hospital in Nairobi. The post sits in the Medical Services department, reports to the Clinical Operations Manager and provides overall clinical leadership and governance for the clinical medicine department, including clinical care.

Key responsibilities

• Run physician outpatient clinics and attend to walk-in and referred patients, following hospital SOPs and national and international guidelines
• Carry out timely ward rounds and patient reviews for internal medicine patients
• Document patient history, examinations, investigations and management accurately, explain investigations and results to patients and next of kin
• Facilitate admissions, consents and discharges, and counsel patients and families on treatment and compliance
• Perform procedures and surgical interventions within licensed privileges, maintaining patient safety
• Hold family conferences, take part in morbidity and mortality audits, incident reporting, root cause analysis and quality improvement
• Review and improve departmental SOPs, support continuous medical education, mentorship and skills training, and support revenue cycle management (pre-authorisation, billing, claims)
• Adhere to corporate governance policies, report fraud and implement audit recommendations

Required profile

• Masters in Internal Medicine
• Bachelor's degree in medicine and surgery
• Fellowship in cardiology, endocrinology or nephrology
• 5 years' experience in a related position

Required skills

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Customer focus, result orientation, research skills and teamwork
• Empathy and ability to maintain patient privacy and confidentiality