Successful candidate will be deployed to perform “licensing and regulatory function” or “land grant and service deed monitoring function” as follows –

Licensing and Regulatory Function

• (a)lead a team to handle
  • (i)the licensing and regulatory matters relating to Private Healthcare Facilities (“PHFs”) including hospitals, day procedure centres (“DPCs”) and clinics or
  • (ii)the matters in relation to exemption of small practice clinics (“SPCs”), including conducting inspections/surprise inspections to the relevant premises and developing the relevant e-licensing platform;
• (b)monitor the quality, safety and standard compliance of PHFs or SPCs; and advise on quality assurance and improvement in licensed premises;
• (c)investigate incidents/suspected contraventions of and complaints against licensed PHFs or SPCs, implement regulatory/enforcement actions and monitor the implementation of improvement measures; assist in risk communication of incidents relating to PHFs or SPCs; and provide professional support to other law enforcement agencies such as the Police in the investigation of suspected illegal medical practice;
• (d)develop materials to facilitate doctors and clinic operators to understand the criteria and procedures for applying clinic licences or exemption of SPCs;
• (e)oversee the development, implementation and evaluation of protocols, Codes of Practice and other documents in relation to applications for PHF licences/ exemption of SPCs, inspection, investigation and enforcement; and
• (f)supervise the team in replying to enquiries, management of complaints and handling of statistics under the team’s purview.

Land Grant and Service Deed Monitoring Function

• (a)lead a team to monitor the PHFs’ compliance with land grant conditions relating to health and clinical services, site development and profit plough-back requirement;
• (b)plan for the inspections on compliance checking; supervise the inspections in the event of suspected breach of land grant conditions and follow-up the non-compliance cases with the relevant parties;
• (c)provide professional inputs in formulating and reviewing the service deeds/ supplemental deeds of private hospitals;
• (d)plan the monitoring and enforcement strategy for the service deeds entered by the new private hospitals and regularly review the effectiveness of the monitoring measures;
• (e)oversee the compliance with the service deeds entered by the new private hospitals in health and clinical services aspects; conduct site audits if necessary and identify suspected default and non-compliance with service deeds for follow-up with the relevant parties; and
• (f)provide professional support and assessment on the new initiatives relating to the development of new private hospitals.

(Remarks: Selected candidates will be required to perform outdoor duties and site visits/inspections. They may also be required to work outside normal working hours and perform on-call duties.)

Candidates should –

• (a)possess a medical qualification registrable in Hong Kong under the Medical Registration Ordinance, Cap. 161 or equivalent;
• (b)be a Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine or equivalent;
• (c)have a good command of spoken and written Chinese and English; and
• (d)be able to speak fluent Cantonese.