Anaesthetist Person Specification
The person specifications being an anaesthetist include:
- Self reliance and knowing one's limitations
- Strong initiative skills in emergency scenarios
- Ability of assessing the severity of life-threatening conditions
- Attention to detail
- Good interpersonal and team working skills
- Good communication skills for interacting with patients and families
Below is a guideline outlined in the Good Medical Practice:
- Make the care of your patient your first concern
- Treat every patient politely and considerately
- Respect patients' dignity and privacy
- Listen to patients and respect their views
- Give patients information in a way they can understand
- Respect the rights of patients to be fully involved in decisions about their care
- Keep your professional knowledge and skills up to date
- Recognise the limits of your professional competences
- Be honest and trustworthy
- Respect and protect confidential information
- Make sure that your personal beliefs do not prejudice your patients' care
- Act quickly to protect patients from risk if you have good reason to believe that you or a colleague may not be fit to practise
- Avoid abusing your position as a doctor
- Work with colleagues in the ways that best serve patients' interests