Consultant Orthopeadic Surgeon

The North East Regional Health Authority, a statutory body under the Ministry of Health, with responsibility for the management and delivery of Public Health Services within the parishes of St. Ann, St. Mary, and Portland invites applications from suitably qualified persons to fill the position of Orthopeadic Surgeon, for the Annotto Bay Hospital.

Consultant Orthopeadic Surgeon (HPC/MO 4) 

Summary

Reporting to the Senior Medical Officer of the institution, the Consultant will be responsible for the delivery of medical and paramedical services of the hospital, in accordance with the Governments policies, regulations/legal requirements and guidelines and will ensure continuous improvements in the quality of care in the delivery of these health services.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited Medical School;
• Post graduate qualification in a clinical specialty of Orthopeadic Surgery;
• Fully registered with the Medical Council of Jamaica
• A minimum of five (5) years progressive and responsible experience within the specialty;
• Ability to provide effective leadership and work as part of a team;
• Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrates ability to establish and maintain satisfactory working relationships with a wide cross section of professionals and organizations;
• Excellent analytical and forecasting skills;
• Excellent time management skills;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Appropriate peer approval

Other Key Responsibilities

• Consulting and collaborating with the Senior Medical Officer in ensuring the integration of services through an adequate, fully functional and responsive referral system which facilitates client movement through all levels of service delivery.
• Providing technical programme inputs in the development of a three or five year corporate plan; the relevant operational plans; the annual budget and annual report, and the monitoring of expenditure.
• Developing and implementing a quality assurance programme; ensuring that mechanisms and procedures are in place to enable monitoring of the quality of services and maintenance of standards and that appropriate action is taken when deficiencies are identified.

Note

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Contact

The Director, Human Resource Mgt. & Industrial Relations

North East Regional Health Authority

34-38 Ocean Village Shopping Centre

Ocho Rios

St. Ann

 

Fax: (876) 795–2747

Email: email

Base Salary: Undisclosed