Emergency Room Medical Officer

ACCOUNTABLE TO: Director of Emergency Medical Services Administration of the Hospital The Patients
SPECIAL FUNCTIONS: Performing resuscitation and other life-saving procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Medicine from an accredited institution.
• At least 2 years’ experience as an Emergency Room doctor.
• A license to practice medicine.
• In-depth knowledge of current medical treatments and procedures.
• Up-to-date certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• Great attention to detail with excellent analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Ability to think and act quickly in a stressful environment.

Responsibilities

NON-EMERGENT PATIENTS

• Interview and examine patients to generate a differential diagnosis list
• Review previous notes as available
• Order appropriate investigations
• Interpret the results of these investigations
• Initiate initial management of patients
• Make further decisions regarding the patient management, i.e. admission, transfer, or treatment as an out-patient
• Refer patients to the appropriate specialty team or transfer patients in a timely manner as necessary
• If the patient is to be treated as an out-patient the ER doctor must decide on the appropriate medication and the appropriate place for follow-up if necessary
• Perform minor procedures
• Generate referral letters for any patient being sent to a clinic to be reviewed

EMERGENT PATIENTS

Decisions made in the management of these patients usually make the difference between life and death. The ER Doctor must therefore:

• Assess patients that enter the emergency room immediately and oversee emergency patient’s recovery
• Make the decisions to and perform the initial ABC’s of resuscitation
• Institute appropriate means of hemostasis where necessary
• Make decisions regarding the use of electrical therapy in the treatment of a cardiac arrest and carry out this function as necessary
• Decide when to and perform life-saving procedures (listed below)
• Inform the appropriate specialist service and maintain hemodynamic stability until they arrive, or patient is transferred
• Other actions/procedures as directed by the Director of Emergency Medical Services

PROCEDURES TO BE PERFORMED BY THE ER DOCTOR

• Insertion of intravenous cannula
• Taking of blood
• Suturing of lacerations
• Applying plaster splint
• Reduction of dislocated joints
• Reduction of simple fractures
• Emergency intubation
• Defibrillation
• Relief of tension pneumothorax and insertion of thoracostomy tubes
• Pericardiocentesis
• Cricothyroidotomy
• Catheterization
• Emergency deliveries
• Incision and drainage of simple abscesses
• Perform and interpret arterial blood gases
• Wound debridement
• Removal of foreign bodies
• ECG interpretation
• Other actions/procedures as directed by the Director of Emergency Medical Services

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

• Make recommendations to the head of department regarding improved efficiency of the service
• Assist in maintaining quality of care
• Be a link between the customer (the patient) and the department head, providing the necessary feedback information on customer satisfaction, queries, and recommendations

TEACHING AND RESEARCH

• Preparation and presentation at academic meetings assigned for continuing education in the department
• Providing adequate patient records
• Collecting and analyzing data for writing and publishing research papers

ADDITIONAL DUTIES

• As assigned by Director of Emergency Medical Services

Note

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Contact

Email: hr@caribbeanheart.com

Base Salary: Undisclosed