Palliative Medicine Consultant (ft)

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

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Key Responsibilities or Duties:

To be a member of the hospice medical team, responsible to the consultant
Providing the medical component of the multidisciplinary team.
Ensuring that all dimensions of the patient and family care (physical, emotional, social, practical, and spiritual and information) are considered
To assess and address these needs in accordance with the wishes of the patient and family/carers, in collaboration with other members of the multidisciplinary team.

To contribute to teaching. Clinical Responsibilities:

Deliver high-quality end-of-life medical care/advice to GPs for patients in their usual place of residence.
Provide medical care to patients admitted to the hospice in a patient unit for symptom control, rehabilitation, respite and terminal care.
Provide outpatient clinics.
Liaise with general practitioners and hospital consultants to ensure continuity of care.
Arrange for consultations with consultants, for example, psychiatry, oncology, pain clinic etc.
Ensure regular patient reassessment to monitor progress and symptom control ensuring excellence in communication.
Providing advice to others including GPs.
Maintain accurate, comprehensive healthcare records, electronic and paper.

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