FUNCTIONS:

Provide Patient Care and Support to Specialized Doctors

TASKS:

• Promote early and appropriate responses to patients according to triage times
• Resuscitate or stabilize patients and refer them to the appropriate medical departments
• Act quickly to make a tentative diagnosis and determine the appropriate course of treatment
• Initiate and assess the patient's medical, physical, and psychosocial status
• Develop treatment plan
• Perform regular ward rounds
• Record progress notes
• Order tests, examinations, medications, and therapies
• Write medical prescriptions and ensure patients receive all prescribed medications
• Write admission notes, progress notes and procedure notes.
• Provide patient education and counselling on health status.
• Participate in the development and achievement of specific objectives of the service
• Ensure quality care to in-patients
• Follow-up of ordered investigations
• Be involved in the management of ward beds
• Fill the patient files
• Assigned other activities within his/her competency by the Head of service
• Submit monthly, quarterly and annual reports to the supervisor

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor's degree in general medicine with a registration certificate and valid license to practice medicine in Rwanda issued by a professional council and should be certified as a medical officer, which is graded by the professional council.

- Proof of completion of the duration of the public service agreement

NOTICE:

• Only medical officers who have completed the duration of the public service agreement will be considered

• Promote early and appropriate responses to patients according to triage times
• Resuscitate or stabilize patients and refer them to the appropriate medical departments
• Act quickly to make a tentative diagnosis and determine the appropriate course of treatment
• Initiate and assess the patient's medical, physical, and psychosocial status
• Develop treatment plan
• Perform regular ward rounds
• Record progress notes
• Order tests, examinations, medications, and therapies
• Write medical prescriptions and ensure patients receive all prescribed medications
• Write admission notes, progress notes and procedure notes.
• Provide patient education and counselling on health status.
• Participate in the development and achievement of specific objectives of the service
• Ensure quality care to in-patients
• Follow-up of ordered investigations
• Be involved in the management of ward beds
• Fill the patient files
• Assigned other activities within his/her competency by the Head of service
• Submit monthly, quarterly and annual reports to the supervisor

• Bachelor's degree in general medicine with a registration certificate and valid license to practice medicine in Rwanda issued by a professional council and should be certified as a medical officer, which is graded by the professional council.
• Proof of completion of the duration of the public service agreement