Medical Officer

(A) Strategic Implementation of hospital's /medical services vision & philosophy. Infection control, Health care waste management, awareness of patients rights & safety issues, relationship building. Supplement/take charge in case the vertical is on leave/absent etc. Strategic inputs in her/his vertical & should forward recommendation for continuous improvement in the vertical. (B) Operational To prepare Discharge summaries for all assigned patients. Discharge summary shall be prepared and updated at least a day prior to expected discharge date. Discharge Summary must be complete in all aspects with accurate diagnosis details, hospital course, procedures carried out, significant tests, and medications prescribed and follow up appointments. Once the discharge is confirmed by consultant, ensure that the updated discharge summary is approved and signed by the consultant in eHIS. To provide the best possible prompt medical care to all patients. To take rounds and be aware of all patients on the floor. To work up all admitted patients, by taking detailed history and performing their examination. To write progress notes of the patients in the records at least twice in one shift . The notes should be relevant to the patient current health status & should reflect the future plan in compliance with the admitting consultant. To liaise with the admitting consultants & to start the follow up treatments. To coordinate all the references with other specialists if desired. To ensure all the investigations are sent & the reports are interpreted & inform the concerned consultants. To ensure all related follow up including any change in the line of treatment on the basis of the reports of the investigations. To give bedside over to the reliever while going off duty. To ensure the diets of the patients are ordered as per the recommendations. To ensure that the medicines to the patients are delivered as per the prescriptions. To counsel all the discharged patients for further follow ups & to handover the discharge summary . The second copy of the same should be countersigned by the patient or the attendants & to be kept in the patient record file. To take round with all the Consultants, Classified Specialists, Gr. Specialists & to document the instructions & to ensure their compliance. Collective rounds with the verticals, subordinates & to ensure all preventive & corrective measures to maintain the highest standards of patient care & service delivery. Should facilitate all audits in the concerned areas & answer all their queries. Inventory management, In addition to that to ensure systems to avoid wastages/pilferages/thefts etc. To ensure SOPs of the Medical Services be implemented. To help the Functional & administrative heads in day to day operations. To adhere to duty roster & to take prior permission of Functional & Administrative heads in case of any mutual arrangements/ leaves etc. To participate in the in service education programmes. To train staff in the concerned areas to ensure the service excellence programme. To ensure adequate record keeping in the concerned areas. To abide by protocols and work in accordance with JCI and NABH norms/standards. To participate in periodic staff reviews to assess effectiveness of the particular areas. Ensure proper functioning of all the equipment and instruments and coordinate with engineering/biomedical /appropriate department for malfunctioning/repair/replacement /loss/theft/indents. Ensure maintenance and disposal of records and documents as per the quality standards Initiate inputs to functional & administrative heads to different support clinical committees as and when required. To ensure all the records are maintained in the ward. To ensure reporting of Deaths/ LAMAs or any other eventuality & their follow ups. To ensure all the Medico Legal cases are adequately handled. To ensure all the patients of notifiable diseases are addressed to the competent authorities. Liasioning with other deptts for achieving service excellence.