Phd, Biomedical jobs

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Operational Duties.

• Participates in assessment, implementation and evaluation of patient care needs.
• Undertakes work in accordance with the Hospital’s procedures and operating policies; works within agreed quality frameworks.
• Interviews patients visiting the clinic; ensures fulfillment of clinic visit formalities before treatment.
• Examines teeth, assesses treatment options and formulates comprehensive treatment plans with the patients
• Examines, diagnoses, and treats abnormalities in development of jaws, position of teeth, and other dental-facial structures; plans treatment, using cephalometric, height, and weight records, dental x rays, and front and lateral dental photographs.
• Designs and fabricates appliances, such as space maintainers, retainers, and labial and lingual arch wires, to alter position and relationship of teeth and jaws, and to realign teeth to produce and maintain normal function
• Examines the gums of the patient, prescribe medicine and other topical medication to swollen gums.
• Maintains reports on the ailments suffered by the patient and examines possible major diseases.
• Ensures proper documentation of patient details in patient records and maintains strict confidentiality.

• Maintains appropriate patients charts and updates records for continuity of car

  Patient Care

• Maintains a work environment that promotes high standards for patient care, customer service, and ethical behavior.
• Takes patient history, conducts physical examination requestsand interprets necessary investigation as the patient’s condition mandates.
• Educates patients on proper teeth care, oral health care and hygiene.
• Monitors patients' conditions / progress and reevaluates treatment as necessary.

• Arranges appropriate referrals for patients in need for other medical or dental need.

  Compliance with Medical Ethics

• Follows established Ministry of Health regulations, Hospital Medical Staff Bylaws, Rules &Regulations and the Dental Department Policies & Guidelines.
• Ensures implementation of the standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the field of Dentistry.
• Exhibits appropriate personal and interpersonal professional behavior.
• Recognizes limits of personal skills and knowledge by appropriately consulting other Physicians while caring for the patient.

• Shows a pattern of maintaining current personal clinical skills and knowledge by Continuing Medical Education (CME).

  Education

• Keeps up to date in developments relevant to best practice in Dentistry.
• Helps in professional development of all staff and provides/shares teaching materials as part of the professional development of the staff.
• Attends accredited conferences and meetings to update personal level of clinical practice, teaching and management skills in line with Continuing Medical Education (CME) requirements.

EXPERIENCE: Preferably 8 years’ experience with minimum 3 years’ experience post PhD/MD/Fellowship/Membership in Orthodontics.