Duties and Responsibilities
- Patient Care
- Assess patients and take detailed medical histories.
- Perform physical examinations and formulate preliminary diagnoses.
- Monitor patients’ clinical condition and vital signs.
- Provide appropriate initial treatment and follow-up care.
- Attend to emergencies and stabilize patients when required.
- Ward Responsibilities
- Conduct regular ward rounds with consultants/senior doctors.
- Review investigation results and update treatment plans.
- Maintain accurate patient medical records and progress notes.
- Ensure medications, investigations, and procedures are carried out as prescribed.
- Coordinate patient transfers, admissions, and discharges.
- Emergency Duties
- Respond promptly to emergency calls and deteriorating patients.
- Provide basic and advanced resuscitation as per training and hospital protocols.
- Arrange urgent investigations and specialist consultations.
- Escalate critical cases to the appropriate senior doctor.
- Coordination
- Coordinate with consultants, nurses, pharmacists, laboratory staff, and other departments.
- Communicate relevant patient information during handovers.
- Facilitate referrals and specialist reviews.
- Ensure continuity of care between shifts.
- Documentation & Administration
- Maintain complete and timely medical documentation.
- Prepare admission notes, discharge summaries, referral notes, and certificates as required.
- Follow hospital policies, clinical protocols, and statutory requirements.
- Participate in audits, quality-improvement activities, and morbidity/mortality reviews when applicable.
- Patient & Family Communication
- Explain treatment plans and investigations within the RMO’s scope.
- Communicate with patients and relatives professionally and compassionately.
- Provide appropriate health education and discharge inst