Medical Officer at Lily Hospitals Limited

Job Summary

• The Medical Officer will be responsible for providing high-quality medical care to patients, diagnosing illnesses, prescribing treatments, and collaborating with other healthcare professionals to ensure the best possible patient outcomes.
• The ideal candidate will possess excellent clinical skills, strong communication abilities, and a commitment to delivering patient-centered care.

Employee’s Duties & Responsibilities
Clinical Service Delivery:

• To provide quality medical care to patients under the supervision of the HOD/Branch Clinical Director.
• Conduct day to day review of patients.
• Analyze records, reports, test results or examination information to diagnose medical condition of patient.
• Perform minor procedures or surgery under the supervision of senior medical professionals.
• 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 on every attendance upon a patient.
• Contribute to quality patient care by participation in case planning which includes appropriate pre-admission planning, in-hospital care and discharge planning.
• To arrange investigations, medical treatment and discharge as directed by the Registrar and/or Consultant to which assigned.
• Commissioning healthcare by liaising with medical professionals in the community and hospitals.
• Providing preventative medical programmes for individual patients.
• Support the team in meeting targets set by the government for specific treatments, such as child immunizations.
• To be "on-call" or participate in shift rosters is a requirement of the position.

Administrative Responsibilities:

• Manage the administrative requirements of the hospital and patient care including ensuring discharge summaries and medico-legal correspondence are completed with no delay.
• Be aware of and adhere to all Lily Hospital policies and procedures in reference to clinical practice.
• Promoting health education in conjunction with other health professionals.
• Perform other duties as assigned to you by senior leadership.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with 2 years experience
• The job holder must have a license to practice medicine from the Nigerian Medical and Dental Association.
• Knowledge of General Medicine and other specialist areas of medical practice such as oncology, pathology, radiology, and pediatrics.
• The job holder must have good stamina and empathy for patients.
• The job holder must have good communication skills.
• Job holder must portray a caring and professional manner in all aspects of work.