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Specialist medical practitioners
Salary range for the majority of workers in the selected occupation - from LKR188.84 to LKR543.35 per hour - 2020.
Specialist medical practitioners diagnose, treat and prevent illness, disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans, using specialized testing, diagnostic, medical, surgical, physical and psychiatric techniques, through application of the principles and procedures of modern medicine. They specialize in certain disease categories, types of patient or methods of treatment and may conduct medical education and research in their chosen areas of specialization.
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Job Definition
- Reporting births, deaths and notifiable diseases to government authorities to meet legal and professional requirements
- Conducting physical examinations of patients and interviewing them and their families to determine their health status
- Considering medical information provided by a referring doctor or other health care provider,
- Performing surgery of a general or specialized nature
- Managing complications before, during and after childbirth
- Providing information to patients and families and communities about preventive measures, treatment and care for specific ailments
- Prescribing, administering and monitoring patients' responses to treatments, medications, anaesthetics, psychotherapies, physical rehabilitation programmes and other preventive and curative measures
- Conducting research into specific human disorders and illnesses and preventive or curative methods and disseminating the findings such as through scientific reports
- Ordering specialized diagnostic tests to determine the nature of disorders or illnesses
- Planning and participating in programs designed to prevent the occurrence and spread of specific diseases
- Recording patients' medical information and exchanging information with other health professionals to ensure the provision of comprehensive care
- Performing autopsies to determine cause of death
