Telal Arshad

Ad hoc Step up Consultant shifts : (During Off days)

• Assessed diagnostic findings to determine patient treatment plans.
• Demonstrated high ethical standards whilst handling sensitive cases.
• Consulted with patients to address ongoing care or to adjust treatment planning to suit progress.
• Ward round reviewing patients and tailoring plans for them
• Post taking the patient referred by the A&E team under Medics.
• Admitting or discharging the patients from the ward.
• Signed repeat prescriptions, death certificates and fitness for work statements to fulfil patient needs and requests.

GP Trainee: (currently)

• Also on the verge of finishing my GP training
• Currently practicing at Hanford GP Practice.
• Reviewing patient, on daily basis.
• Kept detailed records of medical conditions and histories, providing exceptional and individualised care.
• Monitored and enforced medical practice compliance, supporting CQC and NHS/CCG quality monitoring inspections.

• Delivered to the highest personal and professional GMC standards, making individual patient care the priority.
• Oversaw Hepatocellular Carcinoma Surveillance in the outpatients clinic, ensuring accurate, timely assessments and diagnoses.
• Participated in grand rounds to support overall Hepatology teaching provision and develop personal Clinical Knowledge expertise.
• Provided empathetic patient support throughout Hepatology care provisions, treating with continued respect and dignity.
• Established HOT Clinic service to review Discharged patients in urgent OP settings to avoid delay in patient care.
• Proactively screened patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• Oversaw and delegated work activities for junior practitioners and support staff.
• Maintained confidentiality and impartiality in all patient interactions to maintain data protection.
• Monitored patients' responses to treatments in order to adjust Management plans keeping side effects in mind.
• Provided services for Liver patients undergoing outpatient procedures.
• Conducting ward rounds Independently. Carefully managed admission and discharge of Liver patients in line with Trust policies and targets.
• Reviewing Hepatology Referrals from the hospital.
• Consulted with patients about special needs, cares and concerns throughout treatments.
• Performed physical exams on patients, continuously communicating patient needs and comfort levels.
• Tutoring Keele University Medical Students.
• Maintained a patient-centred approach through continued compassionate care and adherence to best medical practices.
• Handling the rota for Junior Doctors allocating them to Gastroenterology and Hepatology sides of the ward.
• Thoroughly supervised and taught junior doctors various procedures such as Ascitic Drains, Ascitic TAP and NG Tubes.
• Handled ITU referrals for the unwell patients on the ward.

During my job in Royal Stoke Hospital as ST1 Doctor I covered Respiratory ward (Non-Invasive Ventilation) and Gastroenterology for the rest of the tenure My On-call cover included Acute Medical Unit and Out of hours ward cover + Cardiac Resuscitation .

My responsibilities included:

• History taking, doing detailed examination, making differentials and chalking out appropriate management plan and then discussing the same with my consultant.
• Completing patients' files, writing follow-ups, presenting my assigned patients to the consultant every day and writing their discharge summaries.
• Patients' Counselling.
• Performing minor procedures such as Venepuncture, Arterial blood gas sampling, IV cannulation, etc.
• Teaching undergraduates, history taking and examination on bedside.
• Performing procedures such as naso-gastric tube insertion, catheterization, lumber puncture with and without supervision.
• Picking common findings on ECGs, Chest x rays and CT scans.
• In cases of emergency performed basic treatment after consultation with seniors.
• Ascitic Drains on Patients admitted with Decompensated Liver disease.
• Teaching rotational F1, F2 and SHOs for Ascitic Drains and Ascitic TAP.

For my On-Calls:

• I had to take history and clerk all patient admitted from A&E.
• Making initial plan for the patients till there has been a senior review.
• Present patient's to my consultant as post take.
• doing urgent or hard to take bloods for patient's whom nurses find hard to bleed.
• Attending to poorly patient's who require septic screening or GI-bleed after informing my registrar.
• Liaison with other department's for patient's well-being.

During my job in Royal Stoke Hospital as Foundation Year 2 I had my rotations in Geriatrics and Renal Department. My On-call cover included Acute Medical Unit (AMU) in first rotation and then Endocrinology and Renal ward in last rotation:

During my On-calls:

• I had to take history and clerk all patient admitted from A&E.
• Making initial plan for the patients till there has been a senior review.
• Present patient's to my consultant as post take.
• doing urgent or hard to take bloods for patient's whom nurses find hard to bleed.
• Attending to poorly patient's who require septic screening or GI-bleed after informing my registrar.
• Liaison with other department's for patient's well-being.

During my Ward daily cover apart from On-Calls my responsibilities included:

• History taking
• Doing detailed examination
• Making differentials and chalking out appropriate management plan and then discussing the same with my consultant.

I started working in UK as Foundation year 1 Doctor in Surgery department, during my work in Burton Hospital my responsibilities included:

• Carrying out ward rounds with the Consultant.
• To complete the jobs and plans ordered by the consultant during the ward round.
• Doing small procedures like ABGs, Venepuncture, Cannulation, Catheterization and blood cultures.
• Ward jobs during my on-calls such as prescriptions for inpatients and attending to poorly patients.

• Served as Physiology lecturer, coordinating undergraduate programmes for students.
• Graded periodic exams, inputting marks and feedback.
• Designed exams, assessments and course content, including lecture material and writing assignments.
• Encouraged students to develop skills in reflection, critical thinking and analysis.

Worked as an RMO in the Paediatrics ward. My duties included:

• Routine clinical care of the Paediatrics' inpatients under the supervision of the Specialist Registrars and the Consultants. This included ward rounds, elective and emergency admissions and preparation of patients for theatre.
• Writing follow-ups and management of patients; active issues.
• Writing discharge summaries.
• Receiving patients and drafting a management plan with the consultation of a senior.
• Management and protocols of new born babies independently and under supervision.
• Attended paediatric clinics with the Consultants.

During my Internship in Medicine and Allied my key responsibilities were as follows:

• History taking, doing detailed examination, making differentials and chalking out appropriate management plan and then discussing the same with my consultant.
• Completing patients' files, writing follow-ups, presenting my assigned patients to the consultant every day and writing their discharge summaries.
• Patient's Counselling.
• Performing minor procedures such as Venepuncture, Arterial blood gas sampling, IV cannulation, etc.
• Teaching undergraduates, history taking and examination on bedside.
• Performing procedures such as naso-gastric tube insertion, catheterization, lumber puncture with and without supervision.
• Picking common findings on ECG's, Chest x rays and CT scans.
• In cases of emergency performed basic treatment after consultation with seniors.

During my Internship in Surgery and Allied, I undertook the following key responsibilities:

• History Taking and Examination.
• Assisting in major surgeries such as Laparotomy, Wide Local Excision of cancer, thyroidectomy, laparoscopic procedures, Total Knee Replacements, Wound debridement, Amputations etc.
• Suturing and Wound dressing.
• Performing core biopsy of breast lump under supervision
• Applying plaster to orthopaedic patients.
• Managing common fractures and dislocations.