Contract Clinician (Tuberculosis and Chest Service)

Duties

(a) Provide outpatient service primarily to patients suffering from TB, including provision of clinical care to patients with active or suspected TB disease, decide timely expertise plan for patient management and referrals; deliver holistic care throughout the course of anti-TB treatment under DOT;

(b) Conduct investigations for close contacts of infectious TB cases found in household, airflight and institutions; perform examinations for exclusion of active TB disease and TB infection; provision of preventive treatment and subsequent monitoring;

(c) Perform public health related functions, including notification of TB cases, TB surveillance, TB data collection, coordinate TB control (e.g. on-call duties in response to suspicious TB outbreak), preparation and issuance of isolation order); and

(d) Professional development and service-oriented research/registry, including participation in clinical meeting and participate in service-oriented research.

Entry Requirements

• Candidates should –
• (a) be permanent residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region;
• (b) possess a medical qualification registrable in Hong Kong under the Medical Registration Ordinance, Cap. 161 or equivalent;
• (c) have at least three years of post-registration experience; and
• (d) have good command of English and be able to communicate in Chinese (Cantonese).
• [Preference will be given to candidates who possess the Membership of Royal College of Physicians or equivalent qualification.]

Pay

Monthly salary at HK$103,810, plus 15% end-of-contract gratuity.

Terms of Appointment

Successful candidate will be appointed on non-civil service contract terms up to 1 year. Renewal of contract will be subject to the service need of the Department and the performance of the candidate.

How to Apply

There is no specific closing date for application for this post. Applicants must apply online through the G.F. 340 Online Application System of the Civil Service Bureau (<https://www.csb.gov.hk>). Applicants should state in detail in the application form their relevant experience, qualifications and certificate of registration or other document evidencing the applicant’s registration with a medical authority outside Hong Kong. Applications which are incomplete or submitted in person, by post, by fax or by e-mail will not be accepted.

Detailed curriculum vitae and copies of relevant professional certificates and documents must be submitted by email (<[email hidden]>) within one week after the submission of on-line application. The title of the post being applied for and the on-line application number should be quoted in the e-mail and copies of the supporting documents.

Applicants should provide their email addresses on the application forms. Candidates who are selected for interview and/ or written test will normally receive an invitation by email in about six to eight weeks after the application is received. Those who are not invited for interview and/ or written test may assume that their applications are unsuccessful.