Doctor Onboarding

Doctor profile, centre assignments with validity windows, personal config (fees, duration, walk-in, overbooking, approval), and custom service fees.

Onboarding a doctor involves creating their staff profile, assigning them to centres and departments, mapping services they offer, and configuring their booking settings.

Doctor Profile

A doctor's profile includes professional information:

Field	Purpose
Registration Number	Medical license/registration number (e.g. MCI number)
Specialization	Primary area of specialization
Qualifications	List of qualifications (MBBS, MD, DM, etc.)
Bio	Brief professional biography
Profile Photo	Doctor's photo for patient-facing displays
Signature	Digital signature image for prescriptions and reports

Centre & Department Assignments

Doctors are assigned to one or more centres and departments. Each assignment can have:

Field	Purpose	Example
Centre	Which centre the doctor works at	City Hospital, Downtown Clinic
Department	Which department at that centre	Cardiology, General Medicine
Is Primary	Whether this is the doctor's primary assignment	Primary at City Hospital, secondary at Downtown Clinic
Valid From / Valid Until	Time-limited assignments for rotations or contracts	Valid from March 1 to June 30
Services	Which services the doctor offers at this centre	General Consultation, ECG Interpretation
Room Number	Assigned consultation room	Room 204

Temporal Assignments

Using Valid From/Until, you can set up future rotations. A doctor can be assigned to Centre A until March 31 and Centre B from April 1 — both assignments coexist in the system.

Doctor Configuration

Each doctor has a personal configuration that overrides centre and tenant defaults:

Setting	What It Controls	Example
Consultation Fee	Base fee for this doctor's consultations	Rs 500
Slot Duration	Default appointment length for this doctor	20 minutes
Buffer Between Slots	Break time between consecutive appointments	5 minutes
Max Patients Per Day	Daily capacity limit (null = unlimited)	30 patients

Overbooking Settings

Setting	Purpose
Overbooking Allowed	Whether this doctor accepts more appointments than slot capacity
Overbooking Percentage	How much over capacity (e.g. 10% = 33 patients if max is 30)

Walk-in Settings

Setting	Purpose
Walk-in Enabled	Whether this doctor accepts walk-in patients
Reserve Strategy	How slots are reserved for walk-ins (Percentage or Fixed Count)
Daily Walk-in Limit	Maximum walk-in patients per day

Patient Type Duration

Different patient types may need different consultation lengths:

Patient Type	Additional Minutes	Example
New Patient	+10 minutes	First visit needs history taking — 30 min instead of 20 min
Existing Patient	+0 minutes	Standard duration
Follow-up	-5 minutes	Quick check — 15 min instead of 20 min

Approval Settings

Setting	Purpose
Approval Required	Whether appointments with this doctor require approval
Timeout Hours	How long before approval times out
Timeout Action	What happens on timeout: Auto-Approve or Cancel with Refund

Custom Service Fees

Doctors can have custom pricing for specific services at specific centres. This lets a senior consultant charge more than a junior doctor for the same service.

Setting	Purpose
Custom Fee	Doctor-specific fee for this service (overrides centre and service defaults)
Custom Duration	Doctor-specific duration for this service

What's Next?

Set up the doctor's working hours and availability in Availability Calendar.

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Doctor Onboarding