Medical Officer at Lily Hospitals Limited

Lily Hospitals is one of Nigeria’s growing networks of private healthcare institutions with an outstanding reputation for delivering excellent clinical services. Since our inception under the current management (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 are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Medical Officer

Location: Benin, Edo
Employment Type: Full-time

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.

Application Closing Date
12th February, 2025.