General Surgeon

Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare

In patient Duties:
• Admit patients through the Emergency room, out-patient clinics and accept patients from other hospitals.
• Conduct daily rounds on assigned patients during work days.
• Foster teamwork in collaborating with all involved healthcare professionals.
• Ensure assigned in-patients are attended to during weekends and holidays as per specific service on-call arrangement.
• Respond to emergency calls in a timely manner and attend to patients when required to do so.
• Participate in trauma care according to the established role at the time of trauma patient presents to the emergency room.
• Answer in-patient consultations within the required timeframe in conjunction with consulting services.
• Carry out appropriate discharge procedures as per existing hospital policy.
• Consult with colleagues from same specialty and other specialties when required.
• Participate in the rotational 24 hour on-call coverage.
Out Patient Duties:
• Attend to assigned out-patient surgical and procedural clinics in a timely manner.
• Work closely with out-patient care nursing team and other professionals to maximize patient benefit from out-patient clinic visit.
• Refer patients to other services as appropriate.
Operating Room Duties:
• Ensure patients are adequately prepared for the required surgery.
• Maintain punctuality and professionalism in the operating room environment.
• Ensure appropriate operative notes are dictated in a timely manner.
• Keep patients caregiver/guardian informed about the outcome of the procedure.
• Follow the operating room policies and procedures regarding patient processing through surgery.
• Work closely with anesthesia colleagues to ensure patient safety during the perioperative period.
Experience
Minimum of 3 years training of a recognized General Surgery training program.
Certifications/Other requirements as applicable
• Keep up to date with knowledge and skills required to perform duties safely.
• Maintains adequate continuous medical education credits as required by hospital and licensing authorities.