Department Head - Neonatology

Job Description

• Responsible to develop and implement policies/ procedures/ plans/ SOPs/clinical guidelines/pathways of the department
• Responsible for implementing a unit specific quality improvement and patient safety program/initiative
• Responsible for identification, selection and monitoring of measures specific to the department or service,
• assess data, plan change, and sustain improvements in quality and patient safety
• Responsible to ensure complete and timely training and education of staff on quality improvement process such as but not limited to, prevention and control of infection, emergency disaster response, fire safety, Hazmat, spill management, etc.
• Responsible for monitoring and coordination of the quality improvement and patient safety program and initiatives
• Responsible for monitoring incidents and sentinel events, and taken action and to sustain, to improve safety in response to events
• Responsible to support culture of safety program and implement, monitor, and take action to improve the program in the department
• Responsible for carrying out the evaluation/performance appraisal for the staffs in their department
• Performs the professional duties of a neonatologist.
• Makes daily rounds related to patients in the hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and the normal newborn
• nursery; performs general or special examinations and other procedures covering the full scope of the field of
• neonatology. Orders laboratory examinations and X-rays, determines diagnosis, prescribes nursing and dietary
• care necessary, orders or applies such preventive measures as required.
• Provides in-patient care to the newborn and attends difficult delivery or cesarean section deliveries.
• Serves as a consultant in neonatology providing consultative services to the other Medical Services.
• Provides technical assistance with pediatric patients. Determines the eligibility of neonatology admissions.
• Reviews journals, texts or periodicals in order to keep current on latest techniques and procedures of neonatal
• intensive care.