Associate Consultant

Associate Consultant – Adult Critical Care

Role: Associate Consultant / Intensivist – Adult Critical Care
Department: Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

Key responsibilities

• Manage critically ill adult patients in medical, surgical and multidisciplinary ICUs.
• Conduct initial assessment, diagnosis, stabilization and ongoing ICU management.
• Manage mechanical ventilation, NIV, sepsis, shock, ARDS and multi-organ failure.
• Perform procedures such as endotracheal intubation, central venous catheterization, arterial lines and other bedside procedures, according to credentialing.
• Conduct daily ICU rounds and coordinate care with consultants, surgeons, physicians, nurses and other specialties.
• Respond to emergencies and participate in CPR/Code Blue and resuscitation.
• Monitor hemodynamics, laboratory investigations and imaging and modify treatment plans accordingly.
• Communicate treatment plans and prognosis effectively with patients' families.
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation, discharge summaries and ICU records.
• Follow infection-control, patient-safety and NABH/quality protocols.
• Assist senior consultants and supervise junior doctors where appropriate.
• Participate in clinical audits, teaching, quality improvement and departmental activities.