Senior Medical Officer - Critical Care

• Assessment and treatment of all patients within Intensive Care Services.
• Coordinating the treatment and assessment provided by other medical teams attending the patient in the ICU.
• Assessment and treatment of patients referred to Intensive Care Services medical staff by the patient s primary physician.
• Attendance, assessment and treatment of patients suffering medical and surgical emergencies (Cardiac Arrest and Trauma Team call outs).
• Patient retrievals from other hospitals. There may be a requirement to do patient transfers between hospitals other than Capital & Coast. Escorting of patients shall be by agreement between the RMO and the employer.
• Interviews and meetings with the next of kin of patients as appropriate.
• Where possible attendance at Grand Round and other Postgraduate education activities as provided by the Service, and/or as listed in the Wellington Postgraduate Medical Society Postgraduate Calendar posted on the Intranet at Clinicians Corner.
• Assessment, recruitment and consent of patients involved in clinical trials being undertaken in the Intensive Care Unit
• Supervision and education of Junior Registrars
• On-call responsibilities under the supervision of the On-call ICU Specialist in keeping with levels of training and experience

Non-clinical duties under the direction and supervision of the ICU Specialist