Doctor

We are hiring doctors to join our fleet of North American brands, including Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruise Lines, Holland America Lines, Seabourn, and P&O Australia.

Doctors provide individualized outpatient, inpatient, and critical care for guests and crew, providing timely, safe, evidence-based assessments, formulating differential diagnoses and treatment plans, performing clinical interventions and procedures, and coordinating logistics of referrals and evacuations. They manage the crew's preventative health and wellness programs and are responsible for adhering to public health practices.

Doctors will also perform various technical and non-clinical administrative tasks that support the efficient and safe operation of the medical center. Additional duties include participation in drills, audits, inspections, and training of other crew members. Technical skills are learned and practiced on board, such as X-rays acquisition and performing a wide array of laboratory tests and other procedures. Doctors work closely with shipboard nurses and paramedics and report to the ship's Senior Doctor.

All medical staff provides a high level of customer service, maintaining a professional, dignified, friendly, assertive, and polite manner at all times towards guests and fellow crew members and demonstrating performance consistent with the organization's Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Care Responsibilities

Delivers safe, evidence-informed patient care - without the need for ongoing clinical supervision, following current clinical guidelines.

Obtains complete and accurate patient histories, including pertinent positives and negatives, performs appropriate physical exam and orders appropriate tests.

Develops appropriate assessments, differential diagnoses, treatment plans, referrals, and follow-up plans.

Performs diagnostic testing, such as laboratory tests, EKGs, and X-rays.

Ensures patients are aware of alternate treatment options and includes family and caregivers in shared decision making.

Effectively communicates sound clinical reasoning, decision options, with consideration of ethical principles, to patients, caregivers, and colleagues.

Assumes responsibility for effective medical response to medical emergencies, mass casualty incidents, and other medical related calls, in the absence of the Senior Doctor.

Responds to routine and emergency calls, attends clinics, and consults with patients promptly in accordance with triage priorities.

Demonstrates level-appropriate procedural skills.

Operates medical equipment appropriately and safely, reports discrepancies to Senior Nurse.

Ensures health records are accurate, concise, timely and complete.

Demonstrates safe medicines management and prescribing habits.

Patient Experience

Interacts and communicates with guests and crew in a professional and empathetic manner.