i.        Chair and head departmental meetings;

    ii.        An integral member of the HMT and any other committees in the hospital;

   iii.        Chair to the Medicines and Therapeutics committee (MTC);

   iv.        Draw up duty roster for all medical doctors and medical interns;

    v.        Compile and submit all medical-related reports;

   vi.        To provide information and updates on new guidelines and policies on health, disease and their management;

vii.        Respond to all calls of duty by the intern doctor or nurse-on duty, whether emergency or otherwise, as quickly as possible;

1. Physically review all patients and instruct, in writing, all recommendations;

   ix.        Assist the consultant in all the wards, theatres and clinics;

    x.        Observe timeliness in service delivery at all times;

   xi.        Conduct teaching ward rounds with the interns and students rotating in the clinical area whenever the specialist is not there or as assigned by the consultant;

xii.        Undertake certain specified emergency surgeries, minor or major, with the assistance of the intern doctor(s) or students (s);

xiii. Conduct teaching ward rounds with the interns and students rotating in the clinical area whenever the specialist is not there or as assigned by the consultant;

xiv. Undertake certain specified emergency surgeries, minor or major, with the assistance of the intern doctor(s) or students (s);

xv.        Fill P.3 Forms;

xvi. Perform Post mortems (PMs) and duly fill autopsy forms;

xvii. Filling of Death Certificates;

xviii. Undertake medical examinations and certify physical fitness;

xix. Attend to court cases;Provide education for prevention of disease and health promotional activities;

xx.        Participate in outreach health activities;

xxi. Prepare and implement annual work plan based on department work plan;

xxii. Using your job description and work plan, to continually appraise yourself and rectify any shortcomings or suggest necessary assistance;

Ensure that you undertake requisite professional development activities.