We are looking for Emergency Medicine Consultants to join one of the leading healthcare organisations in the Middle East - Hamad Medical Corporation.
Successful candidates will be based at Al Khor Hospital; a 115-bed general hospital, providing healthcare services to the population of the northern region of Qatar. Al Khor is committed to providing high quality healthcare services to it's diverse and growing community by integrating medical care, education and research. Since opening in 2005, the hospital has been recognised for its pioneering achievements in the healthcare service and received Joint Commission International accreditation in 2006 and was re-accredited in 2009 and 2012.
You will receive a comprehensive benefits package with this position, which will include:
- Competitive tax free salary;
- Free accommodation;
- Annual Air ticket (Business Class);
- Generous annual leave;
- Education assistance;
- End of Service benefit;
The Hospital
- Al Khor is part of the HMC Emergency Network, serving the northern part of Qatar with a catchment area of more than 300,000 people;
- It is a general hospital by scope providing secondary level of care with a total capacity of 115 beds;
- The adult emergency department (ED) is a 24/7 service with an average of 500 patient attendances per day;
- Attendances at ED consist of urgent (trauma, medical emergency, minor theatre) and non-urgent (male and female observation, isolation room, ophth/ENT room);
- The team is multi-national, and there is accommodation (and schools) provided close to the hospital, within walking distance;
- There is a plan in place for a hospital expansion to add a further 350 beds in the next three years;
The Employer
Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) is the premier provider of secondary and tertiary care in Qatar and manages three general hospitals, five specialist hospitals as well as operating the National Ambulance Service. HMC is committed to providing world-class quality patient care in a safe and healing environment. As the first public healthcare system outside the United States to achieve simultaneous Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation for all its hospitals, HMC is also the first hospital system in the Middle East to achieve institutional accreditation from the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education - International (ACGME-I).
To meet the healthcare challenges of Qatar’s growing population, Hamad has transformed into a thriving and integrated Academic Health System which will make significant, positive impacts upon patient care, medical education and medical research.
In addition to three general hospitals (Al Khor Hospital, Al Wakra Hospital and The Cuban Hospital) HMC also manages five specialist hospitals (Hamad General Hospital, Rumailah Hospital, the Women’s Hospital, the National Centre for Cancer Care and Research and the Heart Hospital) which look after patients with the most prevalent conditions, including cancer, heart conditions, rehabilitation, and providing specialist treatment for women and children.
Location
Qatar provides a safe and family friendly expatriate lifestyle. There are fabulous shops, restaurants, museums, cultural events, world class universities and social and sporting clubs and facilities. The country is located on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and with an area of 11,437 sq. km it’s fairly small in land mass (roughly half the size of Wales). In 2010, Qatar had the world's highest GDP per capita, while the economy grew by 19.4%, the fastest in the world. The main source of Qatar’s wealth is its vast reserves of natural gas which have made it one of the richest countries in the world.
Qatar is pressing ahead with ambitious social, economic and infrastructure development plans and will invest tens of billions of pounds in developing its infrastructure over the next 10 years. Rapid population growth is driving demand for accommodation (both residential and commercial) and medical and education services.
How Head Medical can help
Arranging a position overseas is very exciting, but we understand that it can also be daunting and time consuming. We’re the UK’s specialist in international medical recruitment and we’ve helped many Doctors relocate since we first started out in 2008 (you can read what people have said about working with us on our testimonials page). We know it’s important to balance career opportunities with lifestyle and we’ll talk through your plans and will get to know you to make sure we find the right role in the right location.
Once we have secured a job for you, we’ll manage the Medical Registration and Visa application process, and support you (and your family) with the relocation itself.
For further details on these vacancies please contact Annie Nicholson on 0131 240 5251 (annie@headmedical.com)