Urologist at Lily Hospitals Limited

Lily Hospitals Limited is one of Nigeria’s growing networks of private healthcare institutions with an outstanding reputation for delivering excellent clinical services. Since our inception under current management in 1998, we have remained at the forefront of providing and delivering quality patient-centered, responsive and technology-driven care across various locations in Nigeria to both citizens and foreign nationals.

We offer a wide range of integrated health services which include: IVF, ophthalmology, radio-diagnostics, laboratory, pre-medical and hyperbaric services, neonatology, ICU care, minimal access procedures and other general medical and surgical services.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Urologist

Location: Delta

Job Summary

• This role is responsible for providing high quality clinical care to patients in the hospital.

Key Result Areas (KRA)
The key result areas of this role are:

Clinical Service Delivery:

• Supervise the provision of efficient and effective assessment and management of all the department’s patients following accepted professional guidelines
• Carry out research, clinical audit and quality assurance exercises regularly
• See and advise on inpatients referred by hospital specialist colleagues for assessment, within a timeframe appropriate to the clinical circumstances.
• Follow established surgical techniques during the operation.
• Be available to consult with the Medical Officer/Registrar/House Surgeon by telephone, or be called back to assist the Medical Officer/ Registrar/House Surgeon or other members of Team.
• Pass on hands – on urological skills to willing specialists.
• To conduct research to develop and test surgical techniques that can improve operating procedures and outcomes
• 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 provide assistance with surgical procedures as requested by other specialists and specialties.
• To arrange investigations, surgical treatment, post of monitoring and discharge for all patients cared for.
• Participate in clinical audit and quality programs as appropriate
• To be "on-call" or participate in shift rosters is a requirement of the position
• Teach senior registrars, registrars, house surgeons, nurses and nurse assistants as appropriate.

Administrative Functions:

• 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 procedure in reference to clinical practice.
• Coordinates the departmental activities with those of the hospital.
• Ensure accomplishment of quality on – the – job training in the department/unit under him/her.

The Person

• The job holder must have a license to practice medicine from the Nigerian Medical and Dental Association and must hold a specialist qualification in Urology.
• Knowledge of Clinical Surgery and other specialist areas of surgical practice such as oncology, pathology, uro-radiology and uro – traumatology and some general surgery.
• The job holder must have good hand-eye coordination, stamina and empathy for patients.
• Job holder must have a working knowledge of global quality assurance, clinical audit principles and processes and must exhibit a commitment towards continuous quality improvement.
• Familiarity with cultural and religious concerns of patients, and current legislation on patient rights.
• Job holder must be empathetic and portray a caring and professional manner in all aspects of work.
• Minimum of 4 years cognate surgical experience.
• Must show evidence of competence in management of urological conditions and evidence of active participation in surgical research and continuous professional development.
• The job holder must have good communication skills, a strong ability to work well under extreme pressure, self-discipline and excellent long term concentration.

Application Closing Date
30th April, 2022.