Physician Assistant

Narayana Health

Mumbai

On-site

INR 600,000 - 1,000,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

Narayana Health is seeking a Physician Assistant to support consultants in a hospital setting. The role emphasizes supervision, patient admission processes, history taking, and meticulous documentation across clinical records.

You will collaborate with consultants, assist in pre- and post-operative care, coordinate rounds, and ensure orders are transcribed and followed by nursing staff, with a focus on patient safety and timely communication.

Responsibilities

Attend new admissions within prescribed time frame and inform consultants.
Take patient history and review previous records when available.
Document all details in the history sheet and clinical notes.
Transcribe consultant orders to medicine cards and non-drug order sheets.
Instruct nursing staff on orders and follow up on investigations and results.
Respond to emergency calls and activate code blue if needed.
Identify critical patient status and transfer to critical care timely.
Prepare discharge summaries in advance according to policy.
Follow pre-operative orders and obtain necessary consent for surgery.
Acknowledge and communicate with primary consultants regarding patient status.

Job description

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Physician Assistant needs to work in supervision of consultants.

New Admission:

To attend any new patient (admission) within prescribed time frame

To examine & take a proper history of the patient (If he is in a position to give it on his own) or from his relative.

Check any previous records, if available.

Charts down all the details in the history sheet.

Inform the respective consultant about the admission follow his orders.

Instruct the nursing staff about the consultant’s orders to be carried out.

If there’s a transfer in-patient from the ICU. Read the transfer summary/ clinical notes carefully and act accordingly.

Inform the respective consultants whenever seems significant.

Shift Duty:

To take rounds and examine individual patients at least once in every shift and as & when needed. Inform the respective consultant/ Registrars if any new findings.

To put the notes in clinical sheet.

To enter the relevant details of each and every patient accordingly.

Attend rounds with the respective consultants and carry out the necessary changes in the order. Enter them in the treatment sheet.

To transcribe the consultant’s order to Medicine Card and Non Drug Order sheet

To instruct the nursing staff about consultant’s orders and follow them up

To follow up with all the investigations to be seen and trace their results. Note down investigation results in the investigation sheet.

To Document Verbal Orders correctly in clinical notes if given by consultants.

To respond to emergency calls and to activate code blue if any medical emergency is encountered beyond your control.

To identify the critical status of patient and shift him to critical care area in time.

Always contact primary consultant if found necessary at any point of time.

Prepare discharge summaries well in advance according to the policy.

Pre Surgical & Post Surgical Patients:

To follow pre-operative orders in the treatment sheet. To check whether the consents (Surgical, Anesthesia, etc) for the surgery has been taken from the patient. If not inform the respective person.