Dragnet Solutions Limited - Our client, a reputable multi-specialist hospital, is recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Consultant, Paediatrics
Location: Abuja
About the role
- The Consultant provides senior clinical expertise, supervises and trains junior medical staff, and contributes to the clinical standards and governance of the paediatrics service.
Responsibilities
- Provide specialist assessment, diagnosis and management of patients in paediatrics, including complex cases, and act as a senior point of referral for junior medical staff.
- Supervise, teach and support the training and development of senior medical officers, medical officers and trainees.
- Contribute to clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and patient-safety activities.
- Coordinate care with other specialties, diagnostics, pharmacy, nursing, allied health and managed-care/HMO functions, applying evidence-based, cost-effective practice.
- Maintain accurate, timely clinical records and current MDCN registration/licence in line with internal clinical policy.
Requirements
Education:
- Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS or MBChB) from a recognised institution. A registrable postgraduate specialist qualification (Fellowship) in the relevant discipline.
Experience:
- Minimum of 3 years of post-fellowship specialist experience in the relevant discipline. Post-fellowship specialist experience, or equivalent recognised consultant-level practice in the relevant discipline.
Required skills:
- Comprehensive specialist knowledge of paediatrics across a broad range of acute and chronic presentations.
- Ability to manage complex cases and to provide senior clinical judgement.
- Sound understanding of clinical governance, audit, patient safety and evidence-based practice.
- Ability to teach, supervise and support the development of junior medical staff.
- Sound clinical record-keeping and competent use of hospital clinical systems.
- Effective communication with patients, families and colleagues.
- Demonstrable competence in the independent specialist management of complex cases in paediatrics.
- Experience working within a multidisciplinary team to deliver paediatrics services in a hospital setting.
- Experience contributing to clinical audit, quality improvement, morbidity/mortality review, patient-safety activities or service improvement within paediatrics.
Nice to Have:
- Membership of relevant specialty associations or faculties.
- Experience in a multi-specialist hospital, corporate hospital network, HMO-facing health system, public-sector hospital or large institutional healthcare environment.
- Further postgraduate qualifications in a clinical sub-specialty, public health, health administration or management.
Application Closing Date
2nd August, 2026.
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