Consultant, Family Medicine

Dragnet Solutions Limited – Our client, a reputable multi-specialist hospital, is  recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Consultant, Family Medicine

Location: Abuja
About the role

• A reputable multi-specialist hospital in Nigeria is recruiting for the role of Consultant, Family Medicine.
• The role involves providing specialist family medicine care across the patient pathway, leading the assessment, diagnosis, and management of patients in various clinical settings.
• The Consultant will also provide senior clinical expertise, supervise and train junior medical staff, and contribute to clinical standards and governance within the family medicine service.
  Responsibilities
• Provide specialist assessment, diagnosis, and management of patients in family medicine, including complex cases, and act as a senior point of referral for junior medical staff.
• Supervise, teach, and support the training and development of senior medical officers, medical officers, and trainees.
• Contribute to clinical governance, audit, quality improvement, and patient-safety activities.
• Coordinate care with other specialties, diagnostics, pharmacy, nursing, allied health, and managed-care/HMO functions, applying evidence-based, cost-effective practice.
• Maintain accurate, timely clinical records and current MDCN registration/licence in line with internal clinical policy.
  Requirements
  Experience:
• Minimum of 3 years of post-fellowship specialist experience in the relevant discipline. Post-fellowship specialist experience, or equivalent recognised consultant-level practice in the relevant discipline.
  Education:
• Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS or MBChB) from a recognised institution.
• A registrable postgraduate specialist qualification (Fellowship) in the relevant discipline.
  Required skills:
• Comprehensive specialist knowledge of family medicine across a broad range of acute and chronic presentations.Ability to manage complex cases and to provide senior clinical judgement.
• Sound understanding of clinical governance, audit, patient safety and evidence-based practice.
• Ability to teach, supervise and support the development of junior medical staff.
• Sound clinical record-keeping and competent use of hospital clinical systems
• Effective communication with patients, families and colleagues.
• Demonstrable competence in the independent specialist management of complex cases in family medicine.
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary team to deliver family medicine services in a hospital setting.
• Experience contributing to clinical audit, quality improvement, morbidity/mortality review, patient-safety activities or service improvement within family medicine.
  Nice to have:
• Further postgraduate qualifications in a clinical sub-specialty, public health, health administration or management.
• Additional sub-specialty training or certification relevant to the discipline.
• Membership of relevant specialty associations or faculties.Experience in a multi-specialist hospital, corporate hospital network, HMO-facing health system, public-sector hospital or large institutional healthcare environment.
  Application Closing Date
  2nd August, 2026.
  How to Apply
  Interested and qualified candidates should:
  Click here to apply online