Clinical Director

Clinical Director

The Clinical Director is responsible for providing clinical leadership, ensuring quality care, and overseeing the effective operation of clinical services at Dame Irene Okwuosa Memorial Hospital. This role involves managing outpatient departments, coordinating multidisciplinary teams, promoting clinical governance, and supporting the development of specialist services.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall clinical leadership and coordination of clinical services.
• Oversee the effective operation of the Outpatient Department (OPD), including patient flow, clinical assessment, treatment, referral, and follow-up.
• Coordinate clinical services across departments to ensure continuity of patient care.
• Ensure appropriate clinical coverage and effective deployment of clinical resources.
• Identify gaps in service delivery and recommend appropriate improvements.
• Ensure clinical services comply with hospital policies, clinical protocols, and professional standards.
• Promote patient safety, evidence-based practice, and high standards of clinical care.
• Oversee clinical audits, reviews of adverse events, and other quality improvement activities.
• Monitor clinical risks and ensure appropriate corrective actions are implemented.
• Provide professional leadership and guidance to medical and other clinical staff.
• Support effective coordination and collaboration among multidisciplinary clinical teams.
• Promote professional standards, ethical conduct, and accountability.
• Identify clinical training and development needs and support continuous professional development.
• Provide input into recruitment, credentialing, deployment, and performance management of clinical staff.
• Address clinical performance concerns in collaboration with relevant managers and Human Resources.
• Support effective multidisciplinary management of complex and high-risk patients.
• Strengthen clinical referral, consultation, and collaboration pathways for specialist care.
• Coordinate appropriate interaction between general clinical services and specialist services.
• Support the development, integration, and improvement of specialist clinical services in line with hospital priorities.
• Facilitate effective collaboration with specialists, referral institutions, and other healthcare providers where required.
• Identify opportunities to improve access to appropriate specialist and multispecialty services for patients.
• Establish and monitor appropriate clinical performance indicators, patient outcomes, and service delivery metrics across clinical departments.
• Prepare and provide regular clinical performance reports to hospital management.
• Identify, assess, and monitor clinical risks, incidents, and adverse events, ensuring appropriate investigation, documentation, escalation, and timely implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
• Monitor compliance with hospital clinical policies, approved protocols, professional standards, ethical requirements, and applicable healthcare regulations.
• Promote a culture of clinical accountability, patient safety, risk management, compliance, and continuous improvement.
• Advise hospital management on clinical service development and improvement priorities.
• Contribute to clinical planning, workforce requirements, and service development initiatives.
• Build effective professional relationships with specialists, referral institutions, and relevant healthcare stakeholders.
• Represent the hospital at relevant clinical and professional forums when required.
• Support initiatives that strengthen DIOMH's reputation for quality and specialist healthcare.

Requirements

• Currently registered and hold a valid practising licence with the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN).
• Fellowship of NPMCN, WACS, WACP or equivalent recognised qualification.
• Training in clinical governance, patient safety, or healthcare quality management is an advantage.

How to Apply Interested and qualified candidates should send their updated CV and application to: onyolu.nkem@oilservltd-ng.com copying diomhadmin@diom.hospital using the job title as the subject of the email.