About the job

Overview

Hospital Clinicians (HC) not only have depth of knowledge in their respective fields ( Medicine, Surgery and Emergency & Acute Care) but also knowledge across different domains to manage patients with multiple interacting comorbidities and health/social complexities holistically, together with other members of the healthcare team to anchor broad-based care in the wards.

Job Responsibilities & Core Competencies

Core Competency A – Resuscitation and Management of the Critically Ill Patient

You will be responsible for:

Recognising and identifying, in a timely manner, a patient who is deteriorating clinically and in need of urgent intervention

Reliably notifying the specialist-in-charge, in a timely manner, and coordinating a team of healthcare staff to assist in the care of the patient.

Reliably performing a targeted clinical assessment to obtain information necessary for diagnosis and subsequent management.

Ordering initial investigations to further narrow the differential diagnosis and guide management.

Instituting, in a timely manner, appropriate management steps to stabilise the patient.

Reliably leading a team in performing a code based on ACLS principles, if applicable

Initiating transfer of the patient to a higher level of care (i.e. ICU) where appropriate

Updating the patient and/or family throughout the process and involve them in shared decision making for the care plan.