WORKING IN AUSTRALIA
HEALTH/MEDICAL SERVICES
| MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS - GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTIONERS WANTED TO LIVE & WORK IN AUSTRALIA! |
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Medical Practitioner - General Medical Practioner |
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2311-11 General Medical Practitioner
Diagnoses, treats and prevents human physical and mental
disorders and injuries.
Skill Level:
The entry requirement for this occupation is a bachelor degree
or higher qualification and one year’s hospital-based training.
Registration or licensing is required.
Tasks Include:
- conducts examinations and questions patients to determine
the nature of disorders or illnesses and records patients’
medical information
- orders and performs laboratory tests, X-rays and other
diagnostic images and procedures and analyses findings
- provides overall care for patients and prescribes and
administers treatments, medications and other remedial
measures
- inoculates patients to prevent communicable diseases
- advises patients on diet, exercise, hygiene and other health
matters
- provides pre and post-natal care
- reports births, deaths and notifiable diseases to government
authorities
- refers patients to medical specialists and exchanges relevant
medical details
- arranges the admission of patients to hospital
- may deliver babies or perform minor surgical procedures
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