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Doctor position key responsibilities

Patient Care Responsibilities

• Delivers safe, evidence-informed patient care - without the need for ongoing clinical supervision, following current clinical guidelines.
• Obtains complete and accurate patient histories, including pertinent positives and negatives, performs appropriate physical exam and orders appropriate tests.
• Develops appropriate assessments, differential diagnoses, treatment plans, referrals, and follow-up plans.
• Performs diagnostic testing, such as laboratory tests, EKGs, and X-rays.
• Ensures patients are aware of alternate treatment options and includes family and caregivers in shared decision making.
• Effectively communicates sound clinical reasoning, decision options, with consideration of ethical principles, to patients, caregivers, and colleagues.
• Assumes responsibility for effective medical response to medical emergencies, mass casualty incidents, and other medical related calls, in the absence of the Senior Doctor.
• Responds to routine and emergency calls, attends clinics, and consults with patients promptly in accordance with triage priorities.
• Demonstrates level-appropriate procedural skills.
• Operates medical equipment appropriately and safely, reports discrepancies to Senior Nurse.
• Ensures health records are accurate, concise, timely and complete.
• Demonstrates safe medicines management and prescribing habits.