General Surgeon

**Basic Function**:
Provide high standard, cost effective, attending and consulting General Surgical care to JHAH eligible recipients.

Carry out duties within the area of expertise and competence approved by the hospital Credential & Privileging Authority.

**Scope**:
Attend service clinical and educational rounds including morning reports and sign out rounds when appropriate. Attend and participate in the multi-disciplinary team rounds. Attend and participate in service/department Quality and Safety activities including reviews, audits and presentations. Report patients’ adverse events to the appropriate department/service office. Attend and contribute to service and department business meetings. Prepare and provide patient reports as required within the hospital policy. Participate actively when assigned to a given committee. Keep apprised with, and adhere to, hospital and departmental policies and bylaws. Delegate and supervise house staff and nursing staff as appropriate. Participate in teaching and educational activities of junior staff, medical students and interns. Delegate and supervise operative procedures appropriately. Ensure legible and timely entries into patients’ records. Maintain complete patient case records. Adhere to hospital policy regarding patient record confidentiality. Participate in medical records audits when required to do so.

**Principal Contacts**:
Reports to Division/Unit Head, Department Chair, Department of Surgery. Has daily contacts with patients, consults with other specialists on major, complicated surgical or related specialty care cases. Frequent contacts with personnel or surgical services, nurses and physicians to exchange information or resolve problems. Occasional contacts are made with counter parts in other Middle Eastern/ Saudi Arabian Medical Facilities to provide consultation and advice regarding clinical evaluation / follow up of JHAH patients.

**Principal Duties**:
**In patient Duties**:

- Admit patients through the Emergency room, out-patient clinics and accept patients from other hospitals.
- Conduct daily rounds on assigned patients during work days.
- Foster teamwork in collaborating with all involved healthcare professionals.
- Ensure assigned in-patients are attended to during weekends and holidays as per specific service on-call arrangement.
- Respond to emergency calls in a timely manner and attend to patients when required to do so.
- Participate in trauma care according to the established role at the time of trauma patient presents to the emergency room.
- Answer in-patient consultations within the required timeframe in conjunction with consulting services.
- Carry out appropriate discharge procedures as per existing hospital policy.
- Consult with colleagues from same specialty and other specialties when required.
- Participate in the rotational 24 hour on-call coverage.

**Out Patient Duties**:

- Attend to assigned out-patient surgical and procedural clinics in a timely manner.
- Work closely with out-patient care nursing team and other professionals to maximize patient benefit from out-patient clinic visit.
- Refer patients to other services as appropriate.

**Operating Room Duties**:

- Ensure patients are adequately prepared for the required surgery.
- Maintain punctuality and professionalism in the operating room environment.
- Ensure appropriate operative notes are dictated in a timely manner.
- Keep patients caregiver/guardian informed about the outcome of the procedure.
- Follow the operating room policies and procedures regarding patient processing through surgery.
- Work closely with anesthesia colleagues to ensure patient safety during the perioperative period.

**Experience**:
Minimum of 3 years training of a recognized General Surgery training program.

**Certifications/Other requirements as applicable**:

- Keep up to date with knowledge and skills required to perform duties safely.
- Maintains adequate continuous medical education credits as required by hospital and licensing authorities.