Senior Registrar Anaesthetist at African Medical Centre of Excellence – Abuja, Federal Capital Territory

The African Medical Centre of Excellence is recruiting a Senior Registrar Anaesthetist in Abuja to provide safe anaesthesia services for surgical and diagnostic procedures, support consultants and supervise junior doctors.

Responsibilities

• Assess and stabilise emergency patients, interpret diagnostic findings and work with emergency teams.
• Carry out pre-anaesthetic evaluations, optimise high-risk patients and document care plans and informed consent.
• Administer general, regional or local anaesthesia and monitor patients during procedures.
• Recognise and manage intraoperative complications, including airway emergencies, and supervise residents and anaesthesia technicians.
• Manage recovery-room care, postoperative pain and complications in collaboration with clinical teams.
• Participate in patient-safety reviews, audits, research, clinical teaching and development of care protocols.
• Maintain accurate electronic patient records and follow hospital clinical governance standards.

Qualifications and experience

• MBBS, MBChB or equivalent qualification recognised by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria.
• Full MDCN registration and current annual practising licence.
• Pass in Part I Fellowship Examination in Anaesthesia of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, or Membership Examination in Anaesthesia of the West African College of Surgeons.
• Completion of junior residency training with satisfactory clinical logbooks and records.
• NYSC discharge or exemption certificate where applicable.
• Experience in anaesthesia, ICU, airway management, ventilation, resuscitation and haemodynamic monitoring.
• Experience supervising junior clinicians or exposure to cardiothoracic anaesthesia and professional association membership are advantageous.