Resident Medical Officer

**Job description**

**Dear Applicant,**

**Hope this finds you in the best of health and happiness..**

This is to inform you that The Rising Medicate Hospital have current job openings for the position of **RMO**

**Positions Open Position 05**

**Qualification & Experience**

**Qualifications**: Medical degree and completion of internship essential

Excellent communication, influencing and interpersonal skills

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Resident Medical Officer (RMO) reports to the Deputy Medical Superintendent

and Medical Superintendent and plays a key role in building and maintaining

relationships between the Persons related to Clinical Services, Hospital Management,

Consultants, Medical, Nursing Staff and the Multidisciplinary Team.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**
- To ensure the highest standards of patient care for all patients

attending/admitted to the Lifeline Hospital.
- To establish and maintain teamwork and co-operation with the

multidisciplinary team i.e. Nursing, Physiotherapy, Radiology etc. to ensure

maximum benefit from co-ordinate care.
- To assist the Deputy Medical Superintendent to maintain and develop the

highest evidence based clinical and professional standards.
- To keep abreast of new developments, skills, technology, and current literature

in order to initiate and respond to changes in the work environment, e.g. data

analysis, clinical audit, research, etc. And to meet current NABH requirements
- To keep policies and procedures under review, with regular audit, and revise as

required in the light of changing service needs.
- The RMO works in co-operation with the Consultants and the Nursing team in

all matters relating to patient care.

**SUMMARY OF DUTIES**

To assist Deputy Medical Superintendent in Clinical Duties

Clinical Assessment of Patients
- All patients requiring admission/readmission and/or as warranted by an

unexpected change in their clinical condition.
- Patients attending Day Care and Out-Patient areas will be reviewed as

appropriate following a discussion with the Consultants of specific

departments.
- Patient assessment should comprise of:

- Appropriate history and clinical examination,
- Appropriate investigations (e.g. CXR, ECG, Lab work-up),
- Procedural activity (e.g. blood cultures, IV cannulations and infusions,

catheterization),
- Prescribing drug therapies or other appropriate services including

physiotherapy, dietician, etc.,
- Ensure that there are detailed notes in medical records including proper

documentation and discharge summaries, where appropriate eg transfers,

convalescence, and rehabilitation.
- Liaising with Deputy Medical Superintendent, Consultants in charge and

Senior Nursing Colleagues.

**Prescriptions**
- Prescribing may be required as warranted by a change in clinical condition,

analgesic requirement, or as a courtesy on behalf of the Consultant staff.

Ensure that comprehensive handover, with full patient rounds, has taken place

at the beginning and end of each shift, (morning, evening and night).

Provide a non-routine phlebotomy service and cannulation of patients as

required.

Carry the cardiac arrest phone and respond to all hospital emergencies, for

patients, staff and visitors administering emergency care in the absence of

Anaesthetics or Consultants, and continue management until such time as the

Consultant is available.

To closely liaise with all Hospital Consultants and theDeputy Medical

Superintendent.

Participate in compulsory Hospital based training i.e. Fire and Manual

Handling renewal of ACLS/BLS when required etc.
- To carry out any other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned from time

to time and at the discretion of the Deputy Medical Superintendent and or

Medical Superintendent
- Patient Management

Assessment and re-assessment of patients in his/her allocated ward.

Accompanying the Physician / Surgeon / Consultants for ward rounds.

Informing change in health condition of patient to consultants.

**Follow instructions given by the Consultants.**

He / She will scrutinize the clinical documents of the patients completed by the

Staff Nurses and make corrections where necessary.

Maintaining records about the patient’s medical condition in the IPD case

sheet.

Participate in various healthcare related safety and infection control programs.

Implementation of Policies and Procedures of the Hospital.

Counseling of patients and relatives as and when necessary.

Preparation of discharge summary.

In case of death, it is his / her responsibility to scrutinize that case

documentation is complete in every respect and prepare a death summary.

Adherence to Hospital’s dress code policy (ID cards & aprons).

**Experience
- 1-2 yrs clinical experience**

**Skills-**

1. Good interpersonal and communications skill.

2. Demonstrate excellence in leadership ability.

3. Clinically and technically skilled and competent.

4. People
- oriented, flexible and adaptable.

**Confid