Senior Medical Officer

Job Description:

Responsibilities

• To attend any new patient (admission) immediately.
• Examine & take a proper history of the patient (If he is in a position to give it on his own) or from his relative
• Check any previous records, if available.
• Charts down all the details in the history sheet.
• Let the patient or his relative go through all the details and take his signature on the history sheet for MLC Cases.
• Discuss with respective consultant on call about the admission & follow his orders.
• Instruct the nursing staff about the necessary orders to be carried out.
• Attend rounds with the respective consultants and carry out the necessary changes in the order. Enter them in the treatment sheet.
• Fill the Medicine Card and Non Drug Order sheet
• Follow up with all the investigations to be taken and trace their results. Note down investigation results in the investigation sheet.
• Document Verbal Orders correctly in clinical notes
• Activate code blue if any medical emergency is encountered beyond one’s control.
• Identify the critical status of patient and shift him to critical care area in time.
• Shift the patient to ward/ Critical care area/ OT as per admission status
• To assist/ perform procedures as per need
• Medico Legal Cases/ Brought in Dead:
• Identify the MLC/ BID cases and act according to policy
• Always discuss with MLC Nurse/ Casualty In Charge in case of any doubt
• Follow pre-operative orders in the treatment sheet. To check whether the consents (Surgical, Anesthesia, etc) for the surgery has been taken from the patient. If not inform the respective person.
• Get the PAC done and carry out all the pre-operative orders.
• Attend patient’s complaints and calm the patients if they are apprehensive.
• General:
• Attend camps according to the policy.
• Work as per Policies and procedures of organization.
• Get the cross referral form filled and call cross consultants according to the policy.
• Use capital letters for medicines (Generic Names/ Salt) and always put sign, name, date and time with every entry you make.
• Take care about completeness of records
• Act accordingly as per communicated by hospital management team
• Skill Sets:
• Verbal Ability/Communication Skill: Ability to comprehend verbal instructions given by the supervisor or head of the department.
• Give accurate and tactful explanations to patients. Problem solving/ Decision-making
• Think independently and exercise own judgment in consensus with the supervisor

Qualification & Experience 

• Verbal Ability/Communication Skill: Ability to comprehend verbal instructions given by the supervisor or head of the department.
• Give accurate and tactful explanations to patients. Problem solving/ Decision-making
• Think independently and exercise own judgment in consensus with the supervisor
• Able to work accurately and with minimal supervision.
• Ability to comprehend written instructions given by the Doctors and the other related departmental personnel.
• Ability to plan & organize ones work schedule effectively.
• Speaking and listening are essential requirements to understand and carry out the instructions given by the supervisors and other related departmental personnel.
• Affinity to work in team.
• Enthusiasm.
• Open-mindedness