Cons General Practice Locum at Forbes

General Practice doctor providing ED/Ward overnight cover: face-to-face clinical handover with day doctor 1730–1800 and 0730–0800 in ED; onsite from 1730 to 2300; on-call overnight and expected to attend hospital when requested by nursing staff; provide medical care to inpatients, complete discharge summaries, review admitted patients; provide onsite care to ED presentations; care for postoperative patients; complete documentation in eMR; lead clinical review, rapid response, trauma and cardiac arrest services across the facility; check pathology and radiology results and arrange follow-up; provide surgical assistance in theatre when required; participate in supervision of students, JMOs and registrars and in clinical meetings.

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Face-to-face clinical handover with day doctor at 1730 – 1800 and 0730 – 0800 in the Emergency Department.

You will be required to be onsite from 1730 to 2300. The on call doctor overnight is expected to attend the hospital when requested to attend by Nursing staff.

Provide medical care to inpatients, complete discharge summaries and review admitted patients as requested.

Provide onsite medical care to patients presenting to the emergency department.

Provide medical care to admitted postoperative patients.

Complete contemporaneous and comprehensive clinical documentation in eMR.

Provide and lead clinical review, rapid response, trauma and cardiac arrest services across the facility

Check pathology and radiology results in the ED 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.

Provide surgical assistance in theatre when required.

Participate in the training and supervision of students, junior medical officers and registrars.

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

ED/Ward Overnight