Specialist - Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Job Description

• Responsible for providing comprehensive patient care in Obstetrics & Gynecology.
• Responsible for assessment and reassessment of patients.
• Cares for and treats women during prenatal, natal, and postnatal periods.
• Provides surgical care in the operating room and in the O.P.D. pertaining to gynecologic and obstetric conditions for both emergency and planned procedures.
• Covers the Delivery Room to include admitting patients, reviews their history, plans a course of action, and performs both spontaneous and operative deliveries while interacting with midwives.
• Covers the Emergency Service by promptly responding to calls for consultation.
• Provides out-patient care in Clinics, as assigned by the head of department.
• Works evenings, nights, week-ends and holidays according to the schedule compiled by the head of department.
• Performs and interprets ultrasound examinations on an out-patient and in-patient basis.
• Interprets fetal heart rate monitor and takes necessary action accordingly.
• Carries out formal and informal consultations from physicians from other departments.
• Interacts with patients' families to keep them informed of the patient's condition, changes in condition and plans.