Resident Doctor
Also known as: Junior Resident · Senior Resident · Postgraduate Resident
Works in a hospital department as a junior or postgraduate doctor under senior consultants.
What you’d do
Resident doctors are junior or postgraduate doctors working in a hospital department under senior consultants. The day involves ward rounds, admitting and examining patients, ordering and reading tests, procedures, emergency duty and night shifts, along with study for the postgraduate course.
- Manages ward and emergency patients
- Takes rounds with consultants
- Writes notes and orders tests
- Works night and on-call duties
How you get in
After MBBS and a one-year internship, doctors register with the NMC or a state council. Junior residencies without a PG seat (often called non-academic or senior house officer posts) are available in many hospitals; a postgraduate residency needs a NEET-PG rank and counselling.
Salary in India
Fresher salary over the years
middle of the 0–1 yr range, ₹ lakh a year
Fewer than two years of fresher data so far — the trend shows once there are two.
Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Clinical examination and diagnosis
- Emergency and ward management
- Procedures relevant to the department
- Writing case notes and discharge summaries
- Communicating with patients and families
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition3
How many graduates enter each year?
MBBS graduates in 2023-24 at institutions that reported to AISHE — everyone finishing that degree, not only those entering this role.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field3
Is it diverse?
Share of women among MBBS graduates in 2023-24 — the entry degree, not people already working in this role.
At a glance
- Duty hours are long, including nights and on-call shifts.
- Common next steps: senior residency, super-specialty training, or consultant posts.
- NEET-PG competition is high; many doctors take more than one attempt.
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