Doctor (Cruise Ships)

Job Description

Job Description

In accordance with the department policies and standard procedures, the Doctor’s main task is to provide a professional medical service for guests and crew members ensuring no outbreaks occur on the ship.

Responsibilities

• Conducts medical and surgical interventions as required for guests and crewmembers and dispenses required medication
• Complies with all medical procedures relating to Acute Gastroenteritis Surveillance, Norovirus, H1N1 etc. including data collection, definitions, records, logs, questionnaires, retention and special reports
• Advises the Staff Captain of any emergency case requiring shore side attention or intervention unavailable on board
• Assists relevant authorities for port inspections
• Supervises the medicines and medical supplies inventory made by the Nurse
• Ensures that all medications and drugs are maintained on a First-in-First-Out rotation, and that all expired medications are removed from the dispensary, packaged and recorded, ready for discharge
• Examines all pre-embarkation health documents of embarking crew to verify the documented health and fitness of new crewmembers, reporting any issues to the Staff Captain
• Ensures the medical centre is maintained in a permanent state of sanitary cleanliness

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Benefits