General Practitioner

Job Summary:

General Practitioner liaises with the Ministry of Public Health and clinic staff. He/she offers excellent medical care to patients and is involved in staff training, creating health promotion material and providing emergency on-call services to patients

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Skills Description:

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Providing and managing direct patient care, including physical examinations, evaluations, assessments, diagnosis and treatment for both genders, with particular skills and comfort in women’s health.
• Prescribing pharmaceuticals, other medications and treatment regimens as appropriate given the patient’s medical conditions.
• Referring patients to specialists and to relevant patient care components as appropriate.
• Managing the daily operations of a specific medical program or patient care unit.
• Directing and coordinating the patient care activities of nursing and support staff as required.
• Following quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards.
• Designing, developing, implementing and presenting health promotion, education and/or prevention programs.
• Providing 24-hour emergency on-call medical care and coordinating other emergency personnel.
• Keeping written records of patient symptoms and recommended treatment
• Traveling within Afghanistan when necessary to fulfill the corporations needs and attends meetings as necessary to represent the corporation and/or the Medical Facility
• Training Clinic Team with aims for building capacity in medical knowledge and practice management
• Supporting and continuing Clinic initiatives to increase the efficiency, efficacy, cost recovery and international standard of the clinic so as to optimize patient care
• Performing miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

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Qualifications:

• Graduate of Medical Faculty, specialization would be an asset
• Working experience should not be less then 5 years but more then 5 yrs would be an asset
• Excellent oral and written fluency in English, Dari and Pashto.
• Working application of Microsoft Office Applications including: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Should have sound clinical knowledge for chronic and basic acute primary care
• Should have knowledge of basic Venipuncture, Radiology, ECG, Ultrasound applications and use.
• Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards.

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