Consultant, ICU Anaesthesiology at Dragnet Nigeria

Job Summary

• The role involves providing specialist anaesthesiology and intensive care across the patient pathway, leading the assessment, diagnosis, and management of patients in outpatient, inpatient, and referral settings.
• The Consultant will provide senior clinical expertise, supervise and train junior medical staff, and contribute to the clinical standards and governance of the anaesthesiology and intensive care service.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessment, diagnosis, and management of patients in anaesthesiology and intensive care, including complex cases.
• Act as a senior point of referral for junior medical staff.
• Supervise, teach, and support the training and development of senior medical officers, medical officers, and trainees.
• Contribute to clinical governance, audit, quality improvement, and patient-safety activities.
• Coordinate care with other specialties, diagnostics, pharmacy, nursing, allied health, and managed-care/HMO functions.
• Apply evidence-based, cost-effective practice.
• Maintain accurate, timely clinical records.
• Maintain current MDCN registration/licence in line with internal clinical policy.

Requirements

• Experience: Minimum of 3 years of post-fellowship specialist experience in the relevant discipline.
• Education: Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS or MBChB) from a recognised institution.
• A registrable postgraduate specialist qualification (Fellowship) in the relevant discipline.

Required Skills:

• Specialist skills in anaesthesiology and intensive care
• Ability to lead assessment, diagnosis, and management of complex cases
• Teaching and supervision skills
• Knowledge of clinical governance
• Audit and quality improvement expertise
• Patient-safety focus
• Interdisciplinary coordination skills
• Ability to maintain accurate and timely clinical records
• Post-fellowship specialist experience, or equivalent recognised consultant-level practice in the relevant discipline
• Demonstrable competence in the independent specialist management of complex cases in anaesthesiology and intensive care
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary team to deliver anaesthesiology and intensive care services in a hospital setting
• Experience contributing to clinical audit, quality improvement, morbidity/mortality review, patient-safety activities or service improvement within anaesthesiology and intensive care.

Nice to Have:

• Experience in a multi-specialist hospital, corporate hospital network, HMO-facing health system, public-sector hospital or large institutional healthcare environment.