Role Purpose The Head — University Medical Centre provides overall leadership and operational oversight of the University Medical Centre, ensuring timely, accessible, coordinated and student-focused healthcare services. The role is directly accountable to the Executive Director — Student Affairs & Administration and is responsible for leading, coordinating and monitoring the complete Medical Centre team, including medical, nursing, administrative and support personnel.

Key Responsibilities

1. Medical Centre Leadership & Team Management

 Provide overall leadership and direction for the University Medical Centre.

 Plan and monitor manpower deployment, duty rosters, shifts and service coverage.

 Monitor attendance, discipline, performance, accountability and service delivery of the team.

 Conduct periodic team reviews and ensure timely resolution of operational issues.

 Ensure adequate medical and nursing coverage during regular operations, nights, weekends and major university events, as required.

2. Student Healthcare & Immediate Assistance

 Ensure prompt medical assistance to students requiring routine, urgent or emergency care.

 Establish an effective mechanism for handling accidents, injuries, illness and other health-related incidents on campus.

 Ensure timely assessment, first response, stabilization, referral and transportation of students requiring external treatment.

 Monitor referred cases and ensure appropriate follow-up until closure.

 Coordinate medical support during examinations, sports activities, major events and other high-footfall activities.

3. Hospital & Healthcare Partner Coordination

 Develop and maintain effective working relationships with tie-up hospitals, clinics, diagnostic centres, ambulance providers and other healthcare service providers.

 Coordinate emergency admissions, specialist consultations, investigations, procedures and referrals.





 Review existing healthcare tie-ups and recommend additional partnerships where required.

 Monitor the responsiveness and service quality of external healthcare partners.

 Coordinate institutional requirements relating to referrals, documentation, billing and other healthcare processes, wherever applicable.

4. Medical Centre Operations

 Ensure smooth day-to-day functioning of the Medical Centre.

 Develop and implement SOPs for routine services, emergencies, referrals, ambulance movement and critical incidents.

 Monitor availability of essential medicines, medical equipment, emergency supplies and consumables.

 Ensure readiness and proper maintenance of emergency equipment.

 Monitor cleanliness, hygiene, infection-control practices and overall standards within the Medical Centre.

 Ensure appropriate maintenance and confidentiality of medical records.

 Establish a robust campus medical emergency response mechanism.

 Ensure immediate intervention and escalation during responsible medical emergencies.

 Coordinate with ambulance services, hospitals, Security, Hostel Administration and other concerneddepartments.

 Develop emergency response protocols for accidents, serious illness, mass-casualty situations, outbreaks and other health emergencies.

 Participate in university-level emergency and crisis-management planning involving medical services.

6. Preventive Healthcare & Campus Health

 Coordinate health awareness programmes, medical camps, screening programmes and vaccination drives.





 Monitor campus-level health concerns and recurring health issues requiring institutional intervention.

 Coordinate with relevant departments on sanitation, hygiene, vector control, food safety and other campus health matters.

 Promote preventive and wellness-oriented healthcare initiatives for students.

7. Reporting, Monitoring &Compliance;

 Submit regular operational and performance reports to the Executive Director — DSA&A.;

 Maintain records of medical cases, emergencies, referrals, hospital admissions and significant healthcare interventions.

 Analyse healthcare data to identify trends, recurring concerns and areas requiring corrective action.

 Ensure appropriate documentation for institutional reviews, audits and inspections.

 Immediately escalate critical incidents and significant medical concerns to the appropriate university authority.

8. Institutional Coordination

 Work closely with DSA&A; and all relevant university departments to ensure integrated student support.

 Coordinate with Hostel Administration, Security, Sports, Transport, Student Welfare and other units as required.

 Provide medical inputs for university events, emergency planning and student welfare initiatives.

Eligibility Criteria

Educational Qualification

 MBBS from a recognized medical institution.

 Valid registration with the applicable Medical Council / National Medical Commission framework.

 Postgraduate qualification in a relevant medical discipline, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Management or Public Health would be desirable.

Experience

 Relevant experience in hospital administration, institutional healthcare, campus healthcare, emergency services or medical centre management.

 Demonstrated experience in managing multidisciplinary medical and nursing teams.

 Experience in coordinating with hospitals, clinics and healthcare service providers would be desirable.

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📌 Head — University Medical Centre (India)
🏢 Chandigarh University
📍 India