Position Overview
Administers Anesthesia to patients during Surgical and other medical procedures and is responsible for certain areas of administration under the general direction of the Chief Anesthesiologist.
Responsibilities - Conduct anesthesia for routine and emergency surgical patients, resuscitate as a team member and manage critically ill ventilated ICU patients.
- Conduct assessment and re-assessment for all patients in the OPD on admission and prior to any procedure.
- Provide anesthesia with the full range of anesthetic agents.
- Provide technical advice and guidance to nursing staff, other specialists and registrars as required and give orientation training in new techniques and procedures.
- Interview patients scheduled for surgery to assess and develop an anesthesia care plan, establish rapport and allay fear and apprehension.
- Manage patients during sedation and during the period of actual recovery from sedation, documenting monitor...