Job Description
Clinical Management of Patients
- Complete a brief admission examination on each patient when appropriate and document clinical findings.
- Attend ward rounds with consulting staff, as required, and be available to discuss patient treatment plans.
- Provide a 24-hour medical service within the hospital on an on-call basis permanently.
- Inform admitting consultants of changes in medical condition of patients and of relevant action taken.
- Follow the instructions of consultants for their specific regime for each individual patient.
- Perform clinical procedures as requested by consultant medical staff and nursing staff, these may include phlebotomy and the giving of intravenous drugs to patients.
- Initiate and alter in-patient prescriptions at consultants request.
- Write up to take home prescriptions for patients as required.
- Visit patients as required at the request of the nursing staff.
- Visit all in-patients daily and document in clinical notes.
- To be familiar with all relevant procedures/policies.
- To be familiar with centre and company clinical policies. To be aware of the centres clinical risk programme and report clinical incidents, drug errors and near misses.
- To participate in clinical audit and implementation of clinical governance.
- To participate and assist with operations as required.
Operational
- To be completely familiar with emergency equipment.
- To dispense drugs with senior nurse on duty in absence of pharmacist.
- To record all treatments performed in patient notes.
- To provide a full report to Resident Medical Officer commencing the next shift.
- To participate in pre-admission clinics.
Emergency
- To carry out Cardiac Arrest and other Emergency Procedures as per hospital policy.
- To initiate emergency treatments for patients, staff and visitors and complete appropriate documentation.
- Only in extreme emergency situations would the RMO be permitted to assist consultants in theatre
Job Specification
Can initiate emergency medical care as required within the hospital for medical and surgical emergencies