Consultant - Critical Care (Unit IV)

Objective

To provide & coordinate medical services, to ensure highest standards of patient care.

Principal Accountabilities :

Principal  Accountabilities

(A) Strategic

• Implementation of hospital's /medical services vision & philosophy.
• Infection control, Health care waste management, awareness of patients rights & safety issues, relationship building.
• Supplement/take charge in case of the vertical is on leave/absent etc.
• Strategic inputs in her/his vertical & should forward recommendation for continuous improvement in the vertical.

(B) Operational

• To provide the best possible prompt medical care to all patients.
• To work out all admitted patients, to take detailed history.
• To write progress notes of the patients in the records at least one in 24hrs. shift. The notes should be relevant to the patient current health status & should reflect the future plan in compliance with the admitting consultant after discussion with all concerned staff.
• To liaise with the admitting consultants & to start the follow up treatments.
• To coordinate all the references with other specialists if desired.
• To ensure all the investigations are sent & the reports are interpreted & informed the concerned consultants. To ensure all related follow up including any change in the line of treatment on the basis of the reports of the investigations.
• To give bedside over to the reliver while going off duty.
• To ensure the diets of the patients are ordered as per the recommendations.
• To ensure that the medicines to the patients are delivered as per the prescriptions.
• To counsel all the discharged patients for further follow ups & to handover the discharge summary. The second copy of the same should be countersigned by the patient or the attendants & to be kept in the patient record file.
• To take round with all the Consultants and classified specialists & to document the instructions & to ensure their compliance.
• To decide in liaison with the critical care consultant about shifting patients to/out of the intensive care unit.
• To be the first provider in all emergencies that may arise in the intensive care area.
• To provide help to non-ICU team in managing sick/critically ill patients if possible.
• Collective rounds with the verticals, subordinates & to ensure all preventive & corrective measures to maintain the highest standards of patient care & service delivery.
• Should facilitate all audits in the concerned areas & answer all their queries.
• Inventory management, In addition to that to ensure systems to avoid wastages/pilferages/thefts etc.
• To ensure SOP’s of the Medical Services be implemented.
• To help the Functional & administrative heads in day to day operations.
• To adhere to duty roster & to take prior permission of Functional & administrative heads in case of any mutual arrangements/ leaves etc.
• To participate in the in service education programmes. 
• To train staff in the concerned areas to ensure the service excellence programme.
• To ensure adequate record keeping in the concerned areas.
• To participate in periodic staff reviews to assess effectiveness of the particular areas.
• Ensure proper functioning of all the equipment and instruments and coordinates with engineering/biomedical /appropriate department for malfunctioning/repair/replacement /loss/theft/indents.
• Ensure maintenance and disposal of records and documents as per the quality standards
• Initiate inputs to functional & administrative heads to different support clinical committees as and when required.
• To ensure all the records are maintained in the ward.
• To ensure reporting of Deaths/ LAMA’s or any other eventuality & their follow ups.

Performance Parameters

• Quality and timeliness of the service delivery of the patients.
• Thorough history taking & Medical Records keeping.
• To participate in quality audits in the concerned areas & to ensure preventive & corrective actions.
• To ensure error free Medical care in all allocated areas.
• To participate in the on going education.
• To maintain highest standards in infection control & waste management.
• To ensure all the emergency medicines are available & the equipments are in the working condition.
• To train all the subordinate staff for best practices to ensure implementation of service excellence programme.
• Handling of grievances of patients & the internal staff.
• To participate in the performance management system of the all  reporting subordinates
• Prompt grievance/complaint handlings.
 

Education

A recognized postgraduate degree/diploma in from Medical Council of India. Must be registered with State/Medical Council of India.

Experience

A Minimum of 4-6 year of relevant experience in the concerned specialty in a Super/Multi Specialty hospital is desirable.

Knowledge

•    Quick Thinking, Fast Moving, and have wide spectrum of knowledge.
•    Strong communication skills.
•    Conceptual and Analytical skills.
•    Computer literacy and hands on PC.