About this role
Medical Officer II - Port Harcourt
Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Department: Family/Internal Medicine/Paediatrics
About the role
- The role involves providing clinical care in family medicine under appropriate supervision, managing patients across out-patient and in-patient settings with decreasing levels of supervision, and contributing to the safe and effective running of the family medicine service.
Responsibilities
- Assess, diagnose and manage patients in family medicine with decreasing levels of supervision, escalating appropriately.
- Participate in clinics, ward rounds, on-call rotas and procedures as required, contributing to audit and quality-improvement activities.
- Maintain accurate, timely clinical records and current MDCN registration/licence in line with internal clinical policy.
- Work effectively within the multidisciplinary team, coordinating care with other services and supporting managed-care/HMO processes through evidence-based, cost-effective practice.
Requirements
Education
- Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS or MBChB) from a recognised institution.
Experience
- Minimum of 3 years of post-NYSC clinical experience, including time at Medical Officer I grade or equivalent.
- Experience in a multi-specialty hospital; Experience in corporate hospital networks.
- Experience in HMO-facing health systems.
- Experience in public-sector hospitals or large institutional healthcare environments.
- Additional training in life support, clinical skills, quality improvement.
Required skills
- Sound clinical knowledge relevant to family medicine.
- Sound clinical record-keeping.
- Competent use of hospital clinical systems.
- Effective communication with patients, families and colleagues.
- Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
Application Closing Date
6th October, 2026.