Junior Consultant Paediatric Critical Care

Job Description

Qualification & experience : MD/DNB Paediatrics with experience of 5 years in Paediatric Intensive CareThe Junior Consultant in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) is responsible to provide the highest standard of clinical care and expertise to the patients in assessment, investigation, diagnosis and treatment and follow up, whenever necessary, in the PICU and related set-ups in the Hospital under purview.Organization Relationships:
• Responsible to : HOD/Medical Director/Medical Superintendent
• Responsible for : Clinical care of the PICU Patients including specialty ICU, Transplant ICU
• Liaises With : Medical, Nursing and Administrative Staff, Patients and families
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Is responsible for overseeing clinical care provided by doctors & nurses in PICU & patient on critical care anywhere in the hospital like isolation ward, step down ICU
• Is responsible for rostering of junior medical staff to provide adequate coverage at all times along with ICU Coordinator.
• Is responsible for the initial assessment, investigation, analysis & interpretation of the clinical findings and test results, arriving at diagnosis, treatment, and re-assessment and follow- up of the patients.
• Is to prescribe, administer medication, therapy, and/or other appropriate care to treat or prevent further complication of the disease.
• Is responsible for regular counseling including explaining procedures and discussing diagnostic results or prescribed treatments with the patients and/or with the authorized attendants.
• Is responsible for monitoring the patients condition and progress and re-evaluate/ re-assessment and treat the patient accordingly.
• Is responsible for referring the patient to other consultants/specialists when necessary, also consult, or provide consulting services to, other physicians whenever requested.
• Is responsible to pay daily rounds to In-Patients and referred patients.
• Is responsible for documenting and completing all medical record of the patients and update on the progress of the patient appropriately.
• Is responsible for always authenticating the medical records at initial entries and progress notes by placing the signature with date and time.
• Is responsible for reviewing and countersigning the entries and notes of all junior medical staff in case of patients under his care.
• Is responsible for performing diagnostic and/or therapeutic procedures as per approved privileges.
• Is responsible for safe transport of patients from the ICU & back to ICU within or outside the hospital.
• Is to ensure that DNAR / Palliative team be involved in life limiting illness or irreversible /refractory disease conditions where no treatment is available
• Is responsible for approving the discharge summary, follow-up plan, medical report of the patients and death summary/cause of death certificate as applicable.
• Is responsible for assuming duties as the Coordinator of the PICU as and when required by the management.
• Is responsible for ensuring the implementation of all approved policies, procedures, rules, regulations, protocols, guidelines and clinical pathways that guide and support the provision of clinical services.
• Is to contribute to the development of policies and procedures perform clinical audits, maintain unit statistics as part of the continuous quality improvement program of the PICU.
• Is responsible for supervising and coordinating the activities of specialists, residents, nurses, therapists, assistants and other medical staff involved in patient care.
• Is invited to serve on Departmental / Hospital Committees as required.
• Is responsible to be On-Call as per hospital policy & departmental needs. Is available on phone as needed during off working hours.
• Is required to assign responsibility to team to attend the Code Blue, whenever applicable, and should be involved in all other emergency codes of the hospital.
• Is to provide the reports and information as and when required by the Coordinator of the PICU /M.S/MD of the Hospital.
• Is responsible for identifying and bringing all Medico-Legal Cases to the notice of the management on time in accordance with the hospital policy.
• Is responsible for guiding the management in up-gradation of ICU, choice of equipment, consumables, staffing as and when required.
• Is responsible for encouraging conduct of research activities in the department.
• Is to participate in the academic training activities of the hospital at the capacity of a resource personnel.

Keyskills :
pediatricspediatric advanced life support