Specialist Cardiology

Job Description

• Diagnose and treat heart problems using non-invasive tests and treatments such as creating a customized fitness program or prescribing medication.
• Interventional cardiologists diagnose and perform various invasive procedures in treating cardiac disease.
• Provide patient with tools and methods for recovery and better quality of life.
• Educate patient, patient’s family, significant others, and relevant parties of patient, progress, treatment, and future goals.
• Evaluate patient through questions, examinations, symptom review, and medical testing.
• Document patient records and progress including symptoms, medications, and treatments.
• consulting other doctors to help in diagnosis and treatment, providing emergency care, making referrals to various specialists based on their condition, giving prescriptions and informing patients on how to take medication, outlining heart care and preventive measures, as well as explaining side effects of medications
• Responsible in giving professional advice and provide technical services, for which he/she is privileged, to another Specialist or Consultant or their patient as requested.
• Will provide and request consultations according to the hospital policies on consultations.
• Will take professional responsibility for the care given to his/her patients any junior medical staff working under their direction in the environment provided by the hospital management.
• Accountable for contributing to the teaching of all staff involved in the care of his/her patients to ensure that he/she can do those things that are expected of him/her by his/her clinical privileges.
• He/she is expected to demonstrate team leadership to the group of staff working directly to him/her.
• He/she is expected to work in a collegiate manner with all hospital staff.
• He/she is expected to contribute to the production of Clinical Guidelines, Critical Care Pathways and Managed care processes as needed for the care of his/her patients