Job Description

• A professional approach must be adapted with all patients, staff and visitors.
• To provide medical cover, routine and emergency, during hours of duty and work in conjunction with the other specialties to serve the institute.
• Follow all Clinical safety, hygiene, infection control protocols to be adhered to (e.g. wearing gloves when required, aprons, hand hygiene, etc).
• Required to and be available to see patients when required or when requested.
• Required to actively participate and contribute to in Classroom and bedside teaching programs for postgraduate students and RMOs.
• Required to identify the complex health problems and report immediately to the concerned doctor.
• Required to supervise Post graduate students; however, the attending physician is ultimately responsible for the care of the patient.
• Supervise daily clinical management of all patients in conjunction with the PG students, nurse team leaders and under the guidance of Consultants.
• Should be able to prescribe pain management medicines if need be.
• Effective communication with patients, family, colleagues and other health care workers.
• Treatment orders are to be written in capital letters.
• Each treatment sheet should be dated, named and signed by the writing doctor. Doctors should refer to the progress notes while writing treatment sheets.
• To assist the consultants for rounds apart from taking independent rounds them and should follow up the patients for any further care (change in plan of treatment).
• Are responsible for making discharge summary.
• Are required to follow on-call and duty rota based on the departments requirement.
• To be part of the Quality Improvement Initiative and protocols of the organization.

Skills Required: Cardiac, ICCU