Consultant Anesthesia

Job Description

• Conduct anesthesia for routine and emergency surgical patients resuscitate as a team member and manage critically ill ventilated ICU patients.
• Conduct assessment & re-assessment for all patients in the OPD, on admission, and prior to any procedure.
• Provides anesthesia with the full range of anesthetic agents.
• Provides technical advice and guidance to nursing staff, other specialists and registrars, as required, and provides orientation/training in new techniques and procedures.
• Interviews patients scheduled for surgery to asses and develop an anesthesia care plan and to establish rapport and allay fear and apprehension.
• Manage patients during sedation and during the period of actual recovery from sedation and documents monitoring.
• Sees patients post operatively to evaluate recovery from anesthesia, to assess complications and make recommendation as indicated.
• Supervises and maintains appropriate documentation on the “controlled drugs” for the division in the Obstetrical operating theaters and main O.R.
• Organize a suitable call-schedule to provide a satisfactory anesthetic service to the hospital.
• Organize and direct Q.I. activities of this division, including preparing reports, etc. as required.
• Assists Chief Anesthesiologist in supervising the day-to-day anesthetic work.
• Keeps current with new procedures and techniques in the field of Anesthesia.
• Acts as Chief Anesthesiologist as assigned in his absence.
• Stands on-call duty as assigned by Chief Anesthesiologist, for emergency surgery, obstetrics and/or medical procedures.
• Performs duties as outlined above and such other miscellaneous duties as assigned by the Chief Anesthesiologist.
• Takes active part in the teaching of junior anesthesiologists and other nursing staff.
• Conduct anesthesia services in appropriate dosages for all age groups in routine or emergency situations.
• Actively participate in CPR.
• Provides on-call emergency services of anesthesia services.
• Conducts labour analgesia.