Cons General Practice Locum at Parkes

General Practice

• Face-to-face clinical handover with ED doctors in the Emergency Department.
• Inpatient ward rounds from 0800-0930.
• Document daily ward rounds, provide medical care to inpatients, complete discharge summaries and review admitted patients as required.
• Provide medical care to Hospital in the Home patients.
• Provide medical care to admitted postoperative patients.
• Provide medical care to patients in the Emergency Department when the ED is busy and requested by the Nurse Manager.
• Provide medical care in the Emergency Department during the ED Doctors meal break.
• Provide surgical assistance in theatre when required.
• Complete contemporaneous and comprehensive clinical documentation in eMR.
• Provide clinical review and rapid response services for admitted patients.
• Participate in trauma and cardiac arrest services across the facility.
• Check pathology and radiology results in the medical results message centre ordered by any doctor, follow-up and document management plans for any results needed further action and review any patients returning for follow-up of results.

•Training and supervision of students, junior medical officers and registrars.

•Participate in morbidity and mortality meetings, MDT meetings and other clinical meetings as requested.

•Ward doctor on-call from 1700 – 0800 for EMERGENCIES ONLY

Ward Shift