Consultant Anesthesia at Lily Hospitals Limited

Lily hospitals Ltd, established since 1986 remains one of the most prosperous hospitals in Nigeria and within the South-South region of the country. It is the first private hospital in Nigeria to achieve ISO 9001:2000 quality management system certification from the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON). We are also consistently committed to high standards; continuous improvement, service excellence, organizational citizenship, and outstanding work ethics.

We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:

Job Title: Consultant Anesthesia

Type:  Full Time
Location: Warri, Delta State.

Job Summary

• This role is responsible for providing and administering anesthesia following approved guidelines and managing patients in the theatre.

Key Result Areas (KRA)
The key result areas of this role are:

Clinical Service Delivery:

• Develop, implement and maintain a quality assurance programme for the anaesthetic and intensive care service
• Execute thorough evaluation of patients medical and surgical history to ascertain history of drug acceptance and reaction.
• Preparing patients for anesthesia and administering it;
• Providing pre and post-operative care to patient;
• Providing resuscitation services in case of emergency and disaster situations.
• Coordinating the maintenance of anesthetic operational equipment and ensuring their functionality;
• Remain abreast with trends, development, and utilisation of technology in the field of anaesthesia and intensive care medicine, on an ongoing basis.
• Coordinating the requisition and accounting for anesthetic materials and sundries;
• Adhering to professional and service code of conduct and ethics;
• To ensure comprehensive, accurate and concise medical records are collected and maintained for patients with an appropriate signed and dated legible entry in the patient’s medical record.
• To provide assistance with surgical procedures
• Participate in clinical audit and quality programs as appropriate
• To be "on-call" or participate in shift rosters is a requirement of the position.

Administrative Functions:

• Manage the administrative requirements of the hospital and patient care including planning and draft budgeting for anesthetic activities in the hospital.
• Be aware of and adhere to all Lily Hospital policies and procedure in reference to clinical practice.
• Coordinates the departmental activities with those of the hospital.
• Ensure accomplishment of quality training in the department.

The Person

• The job holder must have a license to practice medicine from the Nigerian Medical and Dental Association.
• Knowledge of Clinical Surgery and other specialist areas of medical practice such as Pediatrics, Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynecology.  
• The job holder must have good communication skills, a strong ability to work well under extreme pressure, self discipline and excellent long term concentration.
• Job holder must have a working knowledge of global quality assurance, clinical audit principles and processes and must exhibit a commitment towards continuous quality improvement.
• Familiarity with cultural and religious concerns of patients, and current legislation on patient rights.
• Job holder must portray a caring and professional manner in all aspects of work.
• Minimum of 10 years cognate experience.
• Must show evidence of competence in management of anesthesia cases and evidence of active participation in relevant  research
• The job holder must have good communication skills, a strong ability to work well under extreme pressure, self discipline and excellent long term concentration.

Remuneration
Salary in line with industry standard.

Application closing date
15th January, 2018.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their word doc CV's only to: [email protected] using the job title as the subject of the mail.