Physician Assistant

Job Summary

To handle new admission, discharge, shift duty day to day administrative and patient related duty under the supervision of a consultant

Job Responsibilities

Physician Assistant needs to work in supervision of consultants.

- New Admission:

- To attend any new patient (admission) within prescribed time frame

- To examine & take a proper history of the patient (If he is in a position to give it on his own) or from his relative.

- Check any previous records, if available.

- Charts down all the details in the history sheet.

- Inform the respective consultant about the admission follow his orders.

- Instruct the nursing staff about the necessary orders to be carried out.

- If there’s a transfer in-patient from the ICU. Read the transfer summary/ clinical notes carefully and act accordingly.

- Inform the respective consultants whenever seems significant.

- Shift Duty:

- To take rounds and examine individual patients at least once in every shift and as & when needed. Inform the respective consultant/ Registrars/ Medical Officer if any new findings.

- To put the notes in clinical sheet.

- To enter the relevant details of each and every patient accordingly.

- Attend rounds with the respective consultants and carry out the necessary changes in the order. Enter them in the treatment sheet.

- To transcribe the consultant’s order to Medicine Card and Non Drug Order sheet

- To instruct the nursing staff about orders and follow them up

- To follow up with all the investigations to be seen and trace their results. Note down investigation results in the investigation sheet.

- To Document Verbal Orders correctly in clinical notes if given by consultants.

- To respond to emergency calls and to activate code blue if any medical emergency is encountered beyond your control.

- To identify the critical status of patient and shift him to critical care area in time.

- Always contact primary consultant if found necessary at any point of time.

- Discharges:

- Prepare discharge summaries well in advance according to the policy.

- Pre-Surgical & Post Surgical Patients:

- To follow pre-operative orders in the treatment sheet. To check whether the consents (Surgical, Anaesthesia, etc) for the surgery has been taken from the patient. If not inform the respective person.

- To get the PAC done. To carry out all the pre-operative orders.

- Inform the consultant over phone during night shift about patient status who are scheduled for surgery next day.

- To attend patients’ complaints. To calm the patients if they are apprehensive. Inform the consultant if needed.

- General:

- To attend camps according to the policy.

- To work as per Policies and procedures of organization.

- To get the cross-referral form filled abd call cross consultants according to the policy.

- To take care about completeness of records

- To act accordingly as per communicated by hospital management team.

- Skill Sets:

- Verbal Ability/Communication Skill: Ability to comprehend verbal instructions given by the supervisor or head of the department.

- To give accurate and tactful explanations to patients. Problem solving/ Decision-making

- To think independently and exercise own judgment in consensus with the supervisor.