Emergency Medicine Physician

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