Medical Officer at Benin Medical Care

As a Medical Officer, your core responsibilities will comprise of the following:

• Complete a brief admission examination on each patient when appropriate and document clinical findings.
• Attend ward rounds with consulting staff, as required, and be available to discuss patient treatment plans.
• Provide a 24-hour medical service within the Critical care area by rotation basis
• Inform admitting consultants of changes in medical condition of patients and of relevant action taken.
• Follow the instructions of consultants for their specific regime for each individual patient.
• Perform clinical procedures as requested by consultant medical staff and nursing staff, these may include phlebotomy and monitoring of intravenous drugs given to patients.
• Initiate and alter in-patient prescriptions at consultant’s request.
• Write up “to shift out from Critical care area” for patients as required.
• Visit patients as required at the request of the nursing staff.
• Visit all Critical care patients daily and document in clinical notes.
• To be familiar with all relevant procedures/policies.
• To be familiar with BMC clinical policies. To be aware of the BMC clinical risk programme and report clinical incidents, drug errors and near misses to your superiors.
• To participate in clinical audit and implementation of clinical governance.
• To participate and assist with clinical procedures as required.
• He/She should be part of the quality improvement of process of the hospital.

Operational

• To be completely familiar with emergency equipment.
• To dispense drugs with senior nurse on duty.
• To record all treatments performed in patient notes.