Attending Consultant Gi, Minimal Access & Bariatric Surgery

ATTENDING CONSULTANT

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Service

• To provide surgical services in the operating theatre, day surgery units etc. To perform procedures within the accorded privileging rights. • To respond to requests for inpatient consultations. • To assist and participate in ward rounds and be responsible for providing specialist care to inpatients. • To attend and participate in department ward rounds and be responsible for monitoring and assisting in providing specialist care for patients under his/her allocated team. • To oversee the proper documentation of patients management from admission to discharge. • To ensure clarity of plan of care for each patient is documented on a daily basis. • To perform night duty calls as prescribed by the duty roster. • To perform procedures according to the privileges granted. • To be responsible for explaining procedures and operations to patients to ensure informed consent. • To make appropriate and timely notes, as a medical record of treatment for the benefit of the patient and other healthcare professionals. • To ensure all patients have a planned discharge. • To ensure each patient is provided with a comprehensive discharge summary which is authenticated. • To work with other doctors as part of a team, either in the same department or with other specialties. • To meet the clinical and service quality standards as determined by the Unit. • To liaise with other medical and non-medical staff in the Unit to ensure quality treatment for all patients. • To participate in relevant multi-disciplinary meetings. • To provide clinical leadership to medical colleagues of a more junior grade.

Education & Research

• To conduct undergraduate and postgraduate teaching when required. • To conduct of teaching of nursing, paramedical and EMT staff when required. • To participate in Unit Morbidity & Mortality Meetings and department-level CME activities. • To engage in outreach activities including public talks, seminars and conclaves, off-site outpatient clinics

Administration

• To report all deviation or error in any system to the appropriate superior. • To prepare medical reports in a timely fashion in response to requests from patients and other relevant bodies