DMO - Duty Medical Officer

POSITION GUIDELINES

DEPARTMENT : MEDICAL SERVICES

POSITION : DUTY MEDICAL OFFICER

REPORTING TO : BRANCH MANAGER / MEDICAL DIRECTOR / AMS

QUALIFICATION : M.B.B.S.

EXPERIENCE : 0-7 YEARS

DRESS CODE : SPECIFIED DRESS CODE WITH I.D. CARD

DUTY HOURS : AS PER SCHEDULED REQUIREMENTS

Key areas of responsibility:

• Morning Duty:
• Take over from night residents
• Conditions of the patients.
• Acute events in the night.
• New Admissions.
• Work up all new points
• Prepare files and patients for surgery.
• Take History, examine the patient, coordinate investigation as instructed by the consultant - Doctor, explain about informed consent to patient.
• Inform Consultants regarding any unusual test reports, patient is ready.
• Complete and send files to the Operation Theatre.
• Receive patients on the floor from the Operation Theatre Write a note regarding condition on shifting to the floor.
• Discharge Summary of patients to be filled up for discharge – at night.
• Round with the Consultant’s and the Nurses.
• Resident on Ground Floor to also look after emergencies, if EMO is not available or on leave.
• Handing over to the evening D.M.O.s.
• Evening Duty:
• Take over from morning D.M.O.s all admissions, all surgeries, all acute events
• Visit all new patients and all patients back from Operation Theatre.
• Evening round with the Consultants.
• Complete whatever is left over of paperwork.
• Residents to look after emergencies.
• Handing over to the Night D.M.O.’s.
• Night Duty:
• Details taken over from the evening duty D.M.O.’s.
• Visit all patients and record any fresh events.
• Manage emergencies.
• Discharges which have been pre-planned.
• Inform Consultants regarding the condition at 8:30pm – 9:00 p.m. and 8:30am – 9:00 a.m.
• Night report to be recorded in case files.
• Work up case files if any new admissions/ inform concerned consultant.
• Handing over to the morning D.M.O.’s.
• Revised details to be written on all files.
• To give priority to emergency cases and to co-ordinate with the consultants / respective department for the same.
• To treat all communication about patients, staff, and other organizational business confidentially.
• To be involved in quality Assurance / Quality control activities/ attend regularly NABH training schedule.
• To perform all the jobs as may be assigned due to exigencies of work/ shortage of DMO (in emergency if any DMO has to take leave
• Participation in Continuous Quality Improvement.
• To stictly follow duty roster, not to exchange duties frequently.
• To take prior permission for leave from HOD.