Consultant - Internal Medicine

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensures responsible for hospitalized cases and certain out-patients whose disease requires medical care at the specialist level.
• Admission and work-up of all medical patients to medical wards, ICU and CCU as required. These patients remain the responsibility of the admitting internist from the time of admission to the date of discharge.
• Day‑to‑day care for these patients may be assigned to the ward physicians; however, the ultimate responsibility remains with the admitting internist.
• Conducts out‑patient medical consultations in the clinics by appointment and follow‑up on medical problems as needed.
• When on‑call after working hours, is available for answering medical consultations by physicians in other departments, in the intensive care areas, medical wards, ER, and other in‑patient services.
• Serves as a major contributor to in‑service training activities of new employees.
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