Attending Consultant

Role & responsibilities

• Handle emergencies: Assess and stabilize acute problems like ectopic pregnancies, severe pelvic pain, heavy bleeding,
• Manage labor and delivery: Monitor active labor, assist with vaginal deliveries, or prepare for emergency C-sections if cross-trained in obstetrics.
• Evaluate triage cases: Respond immediately to urgent calls from the emergency department, triage, or the antenatal assessment unit.
• Conduct ward rounds: Review all emergency gynaecology and postnatal inpatients, updating treatment plans as needed.
• Perform handovers: Communicate critical patient statuses, pending labs, and active issues clearly to the incoming shift team.
• Order and interpret tests: Review urgent ultrasounds, blood tests, or fetal heart rate tracings to guide immediate clinical decisions. [1, 2]