• Job Description

  Req#: 1350681
  Job Summary:
  
  
  Residents are physicians in training. They develop and learn the skills necessary for their chosen specialty through didactic sessions, reading and providing direct patient care under the supervision of the training program, attending physicians and senior trainees. Residents are given progressively greater responsibility according to their level of education, ability, and experience.
  
  Essential Responsibilities:
  
  
  • May provide care in inpatient and outpatient settings.
  • May serve on a team providing direct patient care or may be part of a team providing consultative or diagnostic services. The team may include an attending physician, other licensed practitioners, other trainees, medical students, and ancillary staff.
  • Evaluate patients, obtain medical history, and perform physical examinations.
  • May develop a differential diagnosis and problem list.
  • May Develop a plan of care in conjunction with other trainees and attending(s).
  • Document the provision of patient care as required by hospital/clinic policy.
  • Residents may write orders for therapeutic interventions.
  • May participate in procedures performed at the bedside, in the operating room or procedure suite under appropriate level of supervision.
  • May initiate and coordinate hospital admission and discharge planning.
  • Discuss the patients status and plan of care with the attending and team regularly.
  • All residents help provide for the educational needs and supervision of any junior residents and medical students.
  • The specific role of each resident varies with their clinical rotation, experience, years of clinical training, the patients illness, and the clinical demands placed on the team.

• About the company

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