Medical Officer at Arkounting Business Concepts Limited

Our client is a wholly owned indigenous company in the Medical Diagnostics and Imaging sector, with a vision to be the foremost in quality healthcare delivery in a timely and affordable manner.

Job Responsibility

• Provision of physician consultation services for clients (onsite and offsite medical screening)
• Make professional, autonomous decisions concerning presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other healthcare workers within the organization
• Assess the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety
• Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
• Oversee interpretation of lab reports from mass/corporate medical screening
• In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols, develop care plans for health
• Provide counseling and health education
• Record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
• Collect data for audit purposes and comply with regulatory requirements
• Oversee health promotion or awareness talks/presentations that might be included in the corporate/medical screening package
• Coordination of corporate medical screening
• Contribute to the summarizing of patient records and Read-Coding patient data
• Attend training and events organized by the Practice or other agencies, where appropriate
• Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
• Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
• Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the team’s performance
• Work effectively with individuals in other departments to meet patients’ needs.
• Ensure good standing with statutory professional councils and associations in Nigeria (referring to license renewal, etc.)
• Other related task as assigned.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Medicine & Surgery (MBBS)
• A holder of a valid medical license to practice
• At least 2/3 years relevant experience, with a commitment to humanitarian objectives and patient care
• Medical knowledge & Patient care
• Commitment to humanitarian objectives
• Policy, planning, and program development
• Investigative skills
• Leadership & Decision making
• Problem solving
• Teamwork
• Communication and Interpersonal skills