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Head, Family/Internal Medicine/Paediatrics
About this role
Role: Head of the Family Medicine and Internal Medicine Department. Provides clinical and administrative leadership to ensure safe, effective, patient‑centred care, and is suited to an experienced clinician with leadership experience.
What you would do
- Set, maintain and audit standards of clinical care, patient safety and governance across the department.
- Organise medical staffing, rotas, clinics and ward cover to ensure continuity and quality of care.
- Lead the diagnosis and management of complex cases, providing senior clinical decision‑making and referral oversight.
- Supervise, mentor, appraise and support the development of consultants, medical officers and trainees.
- Ensure effective interface with other clinical departments, diagnostics, pharmacy, nursing, and managed-care/HMO processes.
- Contribute to service planning, resource management and quality‑improvement initiatives within the department.
What they are asking for
- MBBS or MBChB from a recognised institution.
- Registrable postgraduate specialist qualification (Fellowship) in the relevant discipline.
- Minimum of 8-10 years of post-fellowship specialist experience in the relevant discipline.
- At least 2 years in a departmental leadership or supervisory role.
- Strong knowledge of family medicine and internal medicine practice across the patient pathway.
- Ability to lead clinical teams and organise medical staffing, clinics and ward cover.
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