Role:

To provide safe and effective anaesthesia and peri-operative care, ensure continuous monitoring and patient safety during procedures, manage emergencies and provide appropriate post-operative care.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Pre-Anaesthesia Assessment

- Assess the patient's medical history, physical condition and airway.

- Review investigations and identify anaesthesia-related risks.

- Develop an appropriate anaesthesia plan.

- Explain the anaesthesia procedure and risks to the patient and obtain informed consent.

1. Administration of Anaesthesia

- Administer general, regional/spinal or other appropriate anaesthesia according to the patient's condition and procedure.

- Ensure correct selection and safe administration of anaesthetic medicines.

- Maintain adequate depth of anaesthesia and patient safety.

1. Airway Management

- Assess and secure the airway.

- Perform intubation and ventilation when required.

- Manage difficult airway and airway emergencies.

1. Intra-operative Monitoring

- Continuously monitor vital parameters including BP, pulse, ECG, SpO and respiration.

- Recognize and manage changes in the patient's condition promptly.

- Maintain accurate anaesthesia records.

1. Emergency &
- Resuscitation

- Manage cardiac arrest, respiratory emergencies, shock and other critical situations.

- Provide BLS/ALS/ACLS as per training and hospital protocols.

- Ensure emergency drugs and resuscitation equipment are readily available.

1. Post-Anaesthesia Care





- Monitor patients during recovery from anaesthesia.

- Assess airway, breathing, circulation, consciousness and pain.

- Identify and manage post-anaesthesia complications.

1. Pain Management

- Provide appropriate acute and post-operative pain management.

- Monitor effectiveness and adverse effects of analgesic treatment.

1. OT Safety &
- Infection Control

- Check anaesthesia machine, oxygen supply, monitoring equipment and emergency equipment before procedures.

- Follow infection prevention and control practices.

- Ensure safe storage and handling of anaesthetic medicines.

1. Coordination with Surgical Team

- Work closely with the surgeon, nursing staff and OT team.

- Communicate important patient risks and changes in condition.

- Participate in emergency surgical procedures when required.

1. Referral &
- Stabilization

- Identify patients requiring higher-level critical care or specialist services.

- Stabilize the patient before referral and coordinate safe transfer.

1. Documentation

- Maintain pre-anaesthesia assessment, anaesthesia chart, intra-operative records and post-anaesthesia notes.

- Document complications, interventions and patient response.

1. Quality &
- Professional Responsibilities

- Follow hospital SOPs, NQAS standards and patient-safety protocols.

- Participate in clinical audits, quality improvement activities and staff training.

- Maintain qualified ethics, confidentiality and continuing medical education.

📌 Anaesthetist (Mahabaleshwar)
🏢 Morarji Gokuldas Rural Hospital
📍 Mahabaleshwar