Job Description

JOB SUMMARY

To provide a continuous on-site medical support service to meet the needs of patients, consultants and nursing staff.  This includes emergency procedures and providing a general service to all clinical areas

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

Clinical Management of Patients

• Complete a brief history & examination on each patient when they are admitted and document it appropriately in patient records.
• Attend ward rounds with consulting staff, as required, and be available to discuss patient treatment plans.
• Inform admitting consultants of changes in medical condition of patients and of relevant action taken.
• Initiate and alter in-patient prescriptions at consultant’s request.
• To be familiar with all relevant procedures/policies.
• To be familiar with centre and company clinical policies. To report clinical incidents, drug errors and near misses.

• To participate in clinical audit and implementation of clinical governance.

Emergency

• To identify the emergency conditions in time.
• To be able to confidently & independently manage very sick patients of pulmonary and cardiac medicine, post-op medicine, life-threatening diseases including MI, Stroke and acute respiratory distress,etc
• Able to intubate, resuscitate , use ventilator, TPM

Relationships

• Administratively responsible to the Medical Director.
• Professionally responsible to the Registrar/Medical Superintendent.
• Liaises closely with nursing staff and other relevant clinical or administrative staff.
• Uses designated mentor in order to discuss clinical (or non-clinical) situations occurring within the hospital.

Other requirements

• Committed to the overall aims of the company
• Committed to the provision of quality services.
• A flexible, positive attitude to performing a variety of duties.
• Willing to develop/learn in the role.
• Fit to undertake the duties of the post.
• Ability to be flexible with regard to working hours
• Ability to work within a multi-cultural environment