Medical Practitioner nec

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 years 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