Student

Job Purpose:

Diagnoses, treats, diseases of body and its functions. Examines patient for symptoms indicative of organ disorders, using medical instruments and equipment.

Job Responsibilities:

New Patient:

- To attend any new patient (admission) immediately.

- 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.

- Let the patient or his relative go through all the details and take his signature on the history sheet for MLC Cases.

- Discuss with respective consultant on call about the admission & follow his orders.

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

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

- Fill the Medicine Card and Non Drug Order sheet

- Follow up with all the investigations to be taken and trace their results. Note down investigation results in the investigation sheet.

- Document Verbal Orders correctly in clinical notes

- Activate code blue if any medical emergency is encountered beyond one’s control.

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

- Shift the patient to ward/ Critical care area/ OT as per admission status

- To assist/ perform procedures as per need

Medico Legal Cases/ Brought in Dead:

- Identify the MLC/ BID cases and act according to policy

- Always discuss with MLC Nurse/ Casualty In Charge in case of any doubt

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

- Get the PAC done and carry out all the pre-operative orders.

- Attend patient’s complaints and calm the patients if they are apprehensive.

General:

- Attend camps according to the policy.

- Work as per Policies and procedures of organization.

Get the cross referral form filled and call cross consultants according to the policy.

- Use capital letters for medicines (Generic Names/ Salt) and always put sign, name, date and time with every entry you make.

- Take care about completeness of records

- 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.

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

- Think independently and exercise own judgment in consensus with the supervisor