Physician Assistant

JOB PURPOSE :

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 consultant's orders to be carried out.
• If there's a transfer in-patient from the ICIJ. 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 if any new findings.
• To put the notes in clinical sheet.
• To enter the relevant details of 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 consultanes order to Medicine Card and Non-Drug Order sheet .
• To instruct the nursing staff about consultant's 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 it found necessary at any point of time.

Discharges:

Prepare discharge summaries well in advance according to the policy.

General:

• To work as per policies and procedures of organization. Use capital letters for medicines (Generic Names/ Salt) and always put sign, name, date and time with every entry you make.
• To take care about completeness of records.
• To act accordingly as per communicated by hospital management team.

Candidate Requirements :

• 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 your own judgment.
• Able to work accurately and with minimal supervision.
• Ability to comprehend written instructions given by the Doctors and the other related departmental personnel.
• Ability to plan & organize one's work schedule effectively.
• Speaking and listening are essential requirements to understand and carry Out the instructions given by the supervisors and other related departmental personnel.
• Affinity to work in a team.