Job Description for Snr Consultant / Consultant Chemical Pathologist
1.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
State briefly and concisely the purpose of the job performed by the incumbent. This is a summary of the overall role of the job
from the organization’s point of view.
1. The Senior Consultant/Consultant Chemical Pathologist maintains a high professional standard
consistently and provides clinical, scientific and technical expertise to the management and operation
of the Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory, ensuring a comprehensive, high quality and efficient
laboratory service.
2. The Senior Consultant/Consultant Chemical Pathologist acts as a liaison between the laboratory and
the medical/clinical areas, contributing to multidisciplinary patient care.
2.
KEY RESULT AREAS & KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
Please state the most important areas of responsibility in your job, in rough order of importance. Please indicate the Key
Result Area the incumbent’s job is expected to impact on from the organization’s point of view. For each KRA (probably 6-8 in
total), please indicate what the incumbent is expected to do with what end result. Append additional pages following this
format as necessary.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
KEY RESULT AREA
(KRA)
What the incumbent is expected to do?
What is the expected result?
Departmental or
Institutional quality
assurance
programmes
Clinical Liaison,
Consultation and
Collaboration
Participates in institutional/departmental quality
assurance programmes, committees and
meetings
Integration of institutional
and departmental quality
assurance programmes
Works closely with Head of Department and
Head of Section, in developing and implementing
departmental goals, objectives, policies and
procedures
Liase with laboratory users/contacts external to the Effective liaison between the
institution or department
laboratory and the clinical
areas, providing
Works closely with clinical colleagues in the
multidisciplinary patient care
provision of efficient and quality service.
Comprehensive, high quality
Provides consultation to clinical colleagues
and efficient laboratory
regarding the medical significance of laboratory
service
findings and such advice as may be needed.
Management and
Manages laboratories assigned to him/her by the
operation of the Clinical Head of Section or Head of Department in SGH.
Biochemistry
Applies medical/clinical knowledge in decisions
Laboratory
pertaining to laboratory management
Comprehensive, high quality
and efficient laboratory
service
Management and
Develops and implements the laboratory’s goals
operation of the Clinical and objectives, quality assurance programmes,
Biochemistry
policies and procedures, financial
Laboratory
proposals/plans/budgets
Comprehensive, high quality
and efficient laboratory
service
Future financial
requirements are mapped
out and budgets prepared
Comprehensive, high quality
and efficient laboratory
service
Management and
Evaluates workflow and performance of the
operation of the Clinical laboratory
Biochemistry
Develops and oversee implementation of
Laboratory
measures to constantly improve laboratory’s
workflow and processes.
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Please state the most important areas of responsibility in your job, in rough order of importance. Please indicate the Key
Result Area the incumbent’s job is expected to impact on from the organization’s point of view. For each KRA (probably 6-8 in
total), please indicate what the incumbent is expected to do with what end result. Append additional pages following this
format as necessary.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
KEY RESULT AREA
(KRA)
What the incumbent is expected to do?
What is the expected result?
Comprehensive,
high quality
Management and
Responsible for employment, supervision,
and
efficient
laboratory
operation of the Clinical training and appraisal of scientific officers,
service
Biochemistry
medical/laboratory technologists, clerks and
Laboratory
health care attendants.
Gives performance feedback to scientists,
medical/laboratory technologists, clerks and
healthcare during annual appraisals.
Laboratory Continuous Develops and constantly updates laboratory’s test Continuous improvement of
Improvement
menu/repertoire, keeping in view new tests and
high quality laboratory
Programmes
technologies
services
Laboratory Testing
Verifies laboratory results
Accurate, reliable and timely
laboratory test results
Teaching and Training Charts learning and career development plans for Staff are trained, competent,
individual staff
engaged, motivated and
training/career aspirations
Participates in continuing medical education
met
program for laboratory, departmental and hospital
staff
Teaching and Training Participates in undergraduate teaching and
training in tertiary institutions
Supervises and trains medical officers/residents
training in Chemical Pathology
Research
Other Duties As
Assigned
Preparing the trainees for examinations in
Chemical Pathology organised by the Royal
College of Pathologists of Australasia and the
Royal College of Pathologists, UK
Performs research and participates with clinical
colleagues/organisations in joint research studies
or cases of special interests and significance
.
Performs other duties as assigned by the Head of
Department and Head of Section
Education of tertiary
students
Trainees fulfil training
requirements
Specialist qualification in
Chemical pathology
Performs research and
collaborate in research
programmes.
Performs assigned duties
satisfactorily
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3.
QUALIFICATION STANDARDS
State the knowledge, experience, skills and specialisation required for competent performance of this job.
3.1
Education, Training, Experience and Professional Licence
Candidates must possess basic Medical Degree and relevant post-graduate qualifications
such as FRCPath (Chemical Path) or FRCPA (Chemical Path) and have completed
specialty training in countries such as UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA or
Ireland. They must be registered as a specialist in the country of practice and be working
at the level of a specialist.
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