Role Objective:
24 hours coverage of definitive care in the emergency department.
Main Responsibilities::
- Team leader in the emergency department shift ensuring KPIs are met eg. triage to consultation time.
- Clinical assessment and management of all ED patients.
- Supervises bed management of the ED eg down/up grading of cases, transfer in and out of department.
- Leads resuscitation cases in code blue.
- Leads and management of disaster code.
- Gives online directives to EMS on shift.
- May be assigned partial administrative roles such as writing policies, teaching nurse.
- Enhancement of the patient journey in the emergency department.
- Advocate for ED patient health.
- Attends monthly intradepartmental meetings.
- Supports nursing staff during the shift to enhancing patient care.
- Meticulous documentation of patient MR and insurance documents.
Education/Qualifications/Training:
- MBBS & Master Degree in Emergency medicine
- Minimum (3) year of experience post Master Degree in Emergency Medicine
