Job Description
To diagnose and treat physical and mental
illnesses, disorders and injuries, recommend preventative action and refer
patients to specialist Medical Practitioners, other health care workers, and
social, welfare and support workers.
Tasks
· Conducting examinations and assessing patients to
determine the nature of disorders and illnesses and recording patients' medical
information.
· Prescribing laboratory tests,
X -rays and other diagnostic procedures, and interpreting findings to assist in
diagnosis.
· Providing overall care for patients,
administering treatments, medications and other remedial measures.
· Monitoring patients' progress
and response to treatment.
· Advising on diet, exercise and
other habits which aid prevention and treatment of disease and disorders.
· Referring patients to, and
exchanging medical information with, specialist Medical Practitioners.
· Reporting births, deaths and
notifiable diseases to government authorities.
· Arranging the admission of
patients to hospitals.
Requirements Occupations in this unit group have a level of
skill commensurate with a bachelor's degree or higher qualification and at
least one year of hospital -based training (ANZSCO Skill Level 1).
Registration or licensing is required.