Join Pharo Health — Redefining Primary Healthcare in Africa
Pharo Health Ethiopia, a portfolio company of Pharo Ventures, is building a new standard for high-quality, patient-centered healthcare in the Horn of Africa.
As part of this vision, we are establishing a modern, state-of-the-art specialty and diagnostic center in Addis Ababa — bringing together advanced medical technology, multidisciplinary expertise, and seamless integrated care to deliver an exceptional patient experience.
Backed by the broader mission of Pharo Foundation, Pharo Health is committed to transforming access to world-class healthcare services while creating long-term impact across Ethiopia and the wider region.
This is an exciting opportunity to join an ambitious and fast-growing healthcare organization at an early stage and play a vital role in shaping the future of primary and preventive healthcare delivery.
About the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled, compassionate, and patient-focused General Practitioner to join our growing clinical team.
As a key frontline clinician, the General Practitioner will serve as an essential point of contact for patients across a wide range of acute, chronic, and preventive healthcare needs. This role offers the opportunity to work in a collaborative, technology-enabled environment alongside experienced specialists and multidisciplinary healthcare professionals committed to clinical excellence.
The successful candidate will contribute to high-quality primary care delivery, chronic disease management, preventive medicine, patient education, and continuous quality improvement while helping build efficient and integrated care pathways.
We are looking for a clinician who combines strong medical expertise with professionalism, empathy, adaptability, and a genuine passion for improving patient outcomes.
If you are inspired by the opportunity to make meaningful impact while helping build one of the region’s most ambitious healthcare platforms, we would love to hear from you.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
1. Primary Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
- Assess patients presenting with acute, sub-acute, and chronic conditions across all age groups through comprehensive history taking, clinical evaluation, risk assessment, and diagnostic planning.
- Develop differential diagnoses and formulate evidence-based management plans for a broad range of conditions.
- Order and interpret appropriate investigations including laboratory tests, imaging studies, and point-of-care diagnostics to support timely and accurate clinical decision-making.
- Document clinical assessments, diagnoses, treatment plans, progress notes, referral recommendations, and follow-up instructions accurately and promptly in line with institutional standards.
2. Patient Management and Continuity of Care
- Manage patients across the full primary care pathway, including acute illness, chronic disease management, preventive care, and coordination of specialist referrals.
- Prescribe and oversee pharmacological and non-pharmacological management in accordance with evidence-based clinical guidelines, national STGs, and institutional protocols.
- Coordinate referrals to appropriate specialist services, ensuring clear communication and timely handover.
- Monitor and follow up patients with chronic, supporting medication adherence and long-term disease control.
- Identify patients requiring escalation of care and liaise promptly with relevant specialists and senior clinicians where appropriate.
3. Clinical Monitoring, Review and Medical Decision-Making
- Review patient progress regularly and modify management plans according to clinical response, investigation results, treatment tolerance, and evolving patient needs.
- Monitor patients with chronic conditions for complications, medication side effects, disease progression, and associated co-morbidities, with timely intervention when required.
- Provide timely escalation, referral, or emergency management recommendations when higher levels of care or urgent clinical intervention are required.
- Participate in case reviews, drills, multidisciplinary discussions, clinical handovers, and care planning meetings to support optimal patient outcomes.
4. Patient Safety, Quality of Care and Infection Prevention
- Promote safe, evidence-based clinical practice in line with institutional protocols, national Standard Treatment Guidelines, and ethical standards.
- Apply infection prevention and control measures consistently across all patient interactions, clinical procedures, and diagnostic encounters.
- Identify clinical risks, adverse events, and near misses, and take prompt corrective and preventive action in line with governance requirements.
- ·Support medication safety, rational prescribing, and the appropriate use of diagnostic resources and investigations.
5. Communication, Documentation and Patient Education
- Maintain accurate, complete, and timely clinical documentation, including consultation notes, chronic disease management records, referral letters, and follow-up plans.
- Communicate diagnoses, treatment options, risks, lifestyle recommendations, and follow-up expectations clearly and compassionately to patients and their families.
- Provide counselling on preventive health, vaccination, nutrition, family planning, mental health, and chronic disease self-management.
- Ensure effective clinical handovers and timely communication with referring and receiving clinicians, specialist services, and multidisciplinary team members.
6. Leadership, Teamwork and Professional Conduct
- Work collaboratively with nurses, pharmacists, radiology & laboratory professionals, specialist physicians, physiotherapists, and allied health staff to deliver integrated primary care.
- Demonstrate professionalism, accountability, sound ethical judgment, and respect for patient confidentiality and dignity always.
- Contribute to mentorship, knowledge sharing, and clinical guidance for junior medical staff and allied health team members where appropriate.
- Participate actively in multidisciplinary meetings, case conferences, morbidity and mortality reviews, and continuous professional development activities.
7. Quality Improvement, Clinical Governance and Compliance
- Participate in clinical audit, quality improvement initiatives, and patient safety reviews to strengthen primary care service performance and patient outcomes.
- Adhere to national medical regulations, licensing requirements, institutional protocols, and accepted standards of general medical practice.
- Support the development and implementation of primary care clinical pathways, chronic disease management guidelines, and standard operating procedures.
- Contribute to data-driven improvement efforts through accurate reporting, outcome documentation, and clinical incident review when required.
8. Operational and Service Coordination Responsibilities
- Coordinate effectively with laboratory, imaging, pharmacy, nursing, and specialist services to ensure timely investigations, referrals, and treatment decisions.
- Support efficient patient flow by facilitating consultations, triage, referrals, follow-up scheduling, and chronic disease management coordination.
- Promote cost-conscious and clinically appropriate use of investigations, medications, and healthcare resources.
- Assist in primary care service development by identifying opportunities to improve patient experience, access, workflow efficiency, and clinical outcomes.
N.B; Duties may be updated based on service needs, organizational changes, or professional development.