Job Title: Deputy Medical Manager
Grade: Management
Responsible to: Director, Health
Accountable to: Medical

Job Purpose:

•   To provide medical care for patients, take into account physical, emotional and social factors when diagnosing illness and recommending the required treatment.
•   To work alongside other healthcare professionals to discuss care options for patients and their families and help patients to take responsibility for their own health.

Responsibilities:

•   Responding to medical and health problems presented by patients including history taking, examinations, investigation, management and referral as appropriate;
•   Making notes and paperwork, both as a legal record of a treatment and for the benefit of other healthcare professionals;
•   Working with other doctors as part of a team, either in the same department or within other specialties and liaising with other medical and non-medical staff in the hospital to ensure quality treatment;
•   Undertaking managerial responsibilities such as planning the workload and staffing of the department;
•   Promoting health education in conjunction with other health professionals and organizing preventive medical programmes

Qualification Required & Experience

•   One must possess MB ChB or its equivalent as recognized by the Medical and Dental Council,
•   Plus five (5) years post qualification experience and
•   Must be fully registered with the Ghana Medical and Dental Council.

Knowledge   

•   Understanding of confidentiality and data protection issues
•   Health and Safety

Competencies & Skills

•   Good communication skills.
•   Good interpersonal skills
•   Time manaqement
•   Organizational skills
•   Work on own initiative.
•   Work as oart of team

Personal Characteristics And Other

•   Flexible attitude to work
•   Maintaining confidentiality and impartiality

Location: Accra, Kumasi and Tafo

How To Apply For The Job

Interested applicants should send their applications and Curriculum Vitae (including photocopies of all relevant certificates) to the following address:

The Director
Human Resource
P. O. Box 933
Accra    

Closing Date: 23 November, 2015