Core Patient Care & Rounds

- Daily Rounds: Evaluate patient vitals, monitor recovery, and adjust care in line with consultant instructions.

- Recent Admissions: Take medical histories, perform physical examinations, and prepare comprehensive notes for incoming or pre-operative patients.

- Minor Procedures: Perform tasks such as wound dressing, suture removal, catheterization, and IV insertions. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Emergency Response

- First Responder: Act as the first point of contact for acute clinical issues and medical emergencies within the ward.

- Stabilization: Initiate immediate stabilization, order stat investigations, and lead resuscitation efforts while awaiting the senior consultant. [1, 2, 3]

Documentation & Administration

- Patient Charts: Maintain up-to-date and accurate patient case sheets, prescription logs,



and fluid charts.

- Discharge Summaries: Prepare detailed discharge summaries, ensuring they are signed and ready for the patient.

- Consents: Counsel patients and their relatives regarding ward procedures and fill out formal consent forms. [1, 2, 3]

Coordination & Communication

- Team Liaison: Serve as the bridge between consultants, nursing staff, and the patient's relatives.

- Updates: Escalate critical lab results or sudden deteriorations in patient health to the primary consultant immediately.

- Handover: Provide thorough, structured shift handovers to incoming RMOs to ensure continuity of care

📌 Ward RMO (Mumbai)
🏢 Saifee Hospital
📍 Mumbai