Phelile Msoni

Clinical Duties:

• Patient Assessment & Diagnosis: Clerk, examine, and diagnose patients in Outpatient, Inpatient, and Emergency departments

• Treatment & Management: Prescribe and administer treatment, manage common medical, surgical, and paediatric conditions according to MOH guidelines

• Emergency Care: Provide emergency resuscitation, manage trauma and medical emergencies, stabilize patients for referral

• Ward Management: Conduct daily ward rounds, monitor patient progress, review lab results, and update treatment plans

• Minor Surgical Procedures: Perform minor surgeries, wound suturing, incision & drainage, circumcision, and assist in major theatre procedures

• Maternal & Child Health: Conduct deliveries, manage antenatal/postnatal care, under-five clinics, and family planning services

Documentation & Public Health:

• Maintain accurate patient records, clinical notes, and HMIS reports

• Order and interpret laboratory and radiological investigations

• Implement infection prevention, rational drug use, and clinical protocols

• Participate in health education, community outreach, and disease surveillance

• Refer complicated cases to Medical Doctors and follow up on referred patients

Teamwork & Leadership:

• Supervise and mentor nurses, students, and junior staff

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team (Doctors, Nurses, Lab, Pharmacy)

• Ensure adherence to medical ethics, hospital policies, and patient confidentiality

• Participate in CPD, clinical meetings, and quality improvement audits

• Clinical Learning & Patient Care (Under Supervision):
• • Observed and assisted in clerking, history taking, and physical examination of patients in OPD, Male/Female wards, and Casualty
• • Assisted in formulating differential diagnosis and management plans under supervision of Clinical Officers and Medical Officers
• • Participated in daily ward rounds, presenting patient cases and monitoring patient progress
• • Assisted in providing health education to patients and guardians on disease prevention and treatment adherence
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• Practical Skills Gained:
• • Assisted in minor surgical procedures: wound cleaning and dressing, suturing, incision and drainage
• • Performed basic nursing procedures: vital signs, IV cannulation, NG tube insertion, urinary catheterization under supervision
• • Observed and assisted in normal labour and deliveries in Maternity/Labour ward
• • Observed theatre procedures and assisted as second assistant where assigned
• • Collected samples, ordered and interpreted common lab investigations (Malaria RDT, Hb, Urinalysis, RPR)
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• Professional & Administrative:
• • Maintained accurate and confidential patient records and case notes
• • Attended clinical presentations, CPD meetings, and mortality/morbidity review meetings
• • Strictly adhered to infection prevention, medical ethics, and hospital rules and regulations
• • Worked collaboratively with multidisciplinary health team and demonstrated good communication skills