To provide strategic and clinical leadership for the service and ensure effective management and support for clinical and non-clinical staff in the department
To ensure effective clinical governance arrangements are in place in the service
To work in partnership with the senior radiographer to ensure that the operational goals of the service are achieved
To be accountable for the clinical, operational and financial performance of the department.
JOB DESCRIPTION
To supervise and be responsible for diagnosis, treatment and care provided by non-Consultant Hospital Doctors (NCHDs) or clinical support staff treating patients under the Consultant’s care.
To participate as a right and obligation in selection processes for non-Consultant Hospital Doctors and other staff as appropriate. The Employer will provide training as required. The Employer shall ensure that a Consultant representative of the relevant specialty / sub-specialty is involved in the selection process.
To participate in clinical audit and proactive risk management and facilitate production of all data/information required for same in accordance with regulatory, statutory and corporate policies and procedures.
To participate in and facilitate production of all data/information required to validate delivery of duties and functions and inform planning and management of service delivery.
To interpret and report on any X-ray films referred to him/her in respect of patients for whom the Hospital is obliged to provide such service.
To conduct, interpret and report on any CT, MRI, and Ultrasound study referred to him/her in respect of patients for whom the Hospital is obliged to provide such service.
To supervise and be responsible for the clinical work and keeping of records staff attached to his/her department in the hospital.
To be responsible for the maintenance of appropriate liaison arrangements between his/her department in the hospital and the patients’ normal medical attendants.
To provide lectures, as required, in the hospitals for student nurses and nurses in training.
To collaborate with the Hospital Management, Director of Nursing, Medical and Surgical Staff of the hospitals in all matters appertaining to the general efficiency of the hospitals.
To ensure that adequate supplies of such drugs, medicines, medical and surgical appliances as he/she considers necessary, will be available in his/her department of the hospitals, and to report to the Hospital arrangements for the custody of dangerous drugs, etc., which he/she considers to be unsatisfactory.
JOB REQUIREMENT
Minimum 3 years experience as a Radiology Consultant
MBBS /MD from an accredited Nigerian or International University
Fellow West African College of Surgeons (FWACS-Radiology)