Resident Physician (Geriatric Medicine)

Job Description

Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) is a -bed general and acute care hospital that serves more than , people living in the northern sector of Singapore, KTPH combines medical expertise with high standards of personalized care, set within a healing environment, to provide care that is good enough for our own loved ones.

The division of Geriatric Medicine in Khoo Teck Puat Hospital believes in adding healthy life to older persons through comprehensive clinical care whilst seeking continual improvement through research and education.



We provide specialist outpatient care to older persons who have Geriatric syndrome including Incontinence, Falls, Frailty, Dementia or have multiple complex medical disease and/ or functional impairments.

We also provide acute care for medical inpatients whilst supporting the other departments in managing elderly patients with medical needs.



We are seeking passionate, caring and enthusiastic clinicians to join our team.

As a Resident Physician, your roles and responsibilities include but are not limited to: -

Contributing to quality outpatient and inpatient clinical services, which includes specialists’ supervised management of patients in specialist outpatient clinics as well as providing inpatient care of the elderly;

Participating in on-call duties for emergencies and clinical service provision;

Providing teaching and supervision to junior medical staff; and

Other duties as assigned by your supervisor.

Candidates who possess the passion in caring for older patients with dementia, delirium, frailty and other geriatric syndromes and co-morbidities, and are interested to gain strong clinical experience with management of the elderly are desired.

Candidates should also appreciate communication and teamwork as duties highly involve working with patients’ families and/or caregivers, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary colleagues across various divisions and departments to provide the best care for the patients.

Current positions are clinical service focused, however opportunities and mentorship may be available for some research activities and participation with clinical education and/or administrative activities.



Job Requirements

Job Family

Medical

Working Location

Yishun (North)

Working Hours

Not Applicable

Job Level

Junior Executive

Education Level

Bachelor Degree

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