Job Purpose
To provide comprehensive paediatric cardiology services, ensuring timely diagnosis,
intervention, and follow-up for paediatric patients with cardiovascular conditions, in accordance
with hospital policy, medical best practices, and Christian values.
Key Responsibilities/Duties/Tasks
a) Evaluate and treat infants, children, and adolescents with congenital and acquired heart
conditions.
b) Prescribe and interpret diagnostic tests; determine appropriate management or surgical
referral where necessary.
c) Provide or guide effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) when required.
d) Maintain detailed and accurate medical records, including patient history, test results, and
treatment plans, either directly or in collaboration with medical officers, echo technicians,
fellows, or surgeons.
e) Interpret echocardiograms, ECGs, and other diagnostic tests in children to support diagnosis
and clinical decision-making.
f) Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including cardiothoracic surgery, paediatrics,
neonatology, internal medicine, OB/Gyn, and other departments for integrated care.
g) Perform or be willing to learn advanced procedures such as central line insertion,
pericardiocentesis, and right heart catheterization.
h) Perform and interpret transthoracic echocardiograms and be willing to learn transesophageal
echocardiography in paediatric patients
