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Resident Medical Officer
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JOB DESCRIPTION Resident Medical Officer (RMO), Treatment Centre
RESPONSIBLE TO: General Manager
ACCOUNTABLE TO: Medical Director
JOB SUMMARY
To provide a continuous on-site medical support service to meet the needs of patients, consultants and nursing staff. This includes emergency procedures and providing a general service to all clinical areas
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
Clinical Management of Patients
• Complete a brief admission examination on each patient when appropriate and document clinical findings.
• Attend ward rounds with consulting staff, as required, and be available to discuss patient treatment plans.
• Provide a 24-hour medical service within the hospital on an on-call basis permanently.
• Inform admitting consultants of changes in medical condition of patients and of relevant action taken.
• Follow the instructions of consultants for their specific regime for each individual patient.
• Perform clinical procedures as requested by consultant medical staff and nursing staff, these may include phlebotomy and the giving of intravenous drugs to patients.
• Initiate and alter in-patient prescriptions at consultant’s request.
• Write up “to take home prescriptions” for patients as required.
• Visit patients as required at the request of the nursing staff.
• Visit all in-patients daily and document in clinical notes.
• To be familiar with all relevant procedures/policies.
• To be familiar with centre and company clinical policies. To be aware of the centres’ clinical risk programme and report clinical incidents, drug errors and near misses.
• To participate in clinical audit and implementation of clinical governance.
• To participate and assist with operations as required.
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