The Pediatric Specialist plans and carries out medical care program for children from birth through the age of 12 year to aid in mental and physical growth and development: Examines patients to determine presence of disease and to establish preventive health practices. Determines nature and extent of disease or injury, prescribes and administers medications and immunizations, and performs variety of medical duties.

Requirements:
Education: American Board/MRC/MD/MS in Pediatrics
Experience: Minimum 2 years experience post registration
License: Must be DOH licensed/passer or DOH exam exempted. Must have licenses from all countries of practice.
ER/ICU experience preferred
Males preferred

Duties and Responsibilities:This may not include all of the duties assigned
Outpatient Clinics: Including Pediatric and well-baby clinic

• Examines, diagnoses, and treats diseases and injuries of pediatric patients by reviewing the history and clinical records of the patient, performing appropriate physical examination, ordering and interpreting appropriate laboratory, imaging and other diagnostic tests and prescribing appropriate medication and treatment.
• Records findings, plan and treatment in the patient\xe2\x80\x99s chart or electronic medical record if available.
• Practices preventative medicine whenever possible, such as anticipatory counseling for parents on age appropriate subjects and providing age appropriate screening examinations, testing and immunizations.

NICU (When applicable per privileges):

• Caring for newborns admitted to the NICU and being involved in training the nursing staff; as needed.
• Should be well versed in the clinical problems a baby above 23 weeks can encounter, like RDS, Sepsis/Shock and complications like Pneumothorax etc.
• Should also be familiar with various modes of ventilation, CPAP, UVC/UAC line insertion etc. Should be able to evaluate a case of metabolic disorder in the NB and clinically assess dysmorhologic syndromes.

Labor and Delivery (when applicable per privileges):

• Attends high risk deliveries and C-sections for possible neonatal resuscitation, fetal distress, et.
• Shall also be responsible for attending Preterm deliveries, MSAF, Breech and mom\xe2\x80\x99s with abnormal CTG

Inpatient ward:

• Rounds in equal rotation with other pediatricians.
• Teach nurses as and when required and also partake in teaching of registrar.

Pediatric Intermediate Care Unit

• Manage patients that meet requirement to be admitted to the pediatric intermediate care unit
• Manage CPAP setting, perform lumbar punctures, peripheral/ central line insertion as well as other procedures applicable to the intermediate care unit.

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