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What’s it like to be a Specialist Medical Practitioner?
Specialist medical practitioners (specialists) diagnose and treat physical and
mental illnesses and disorders using specialised testing and diagnostic,
medical and surgical techniques.
When caring for patients, specialist medical practitioners work with many
other health professionals. Working conditions are usually comfortable,
although specialists may sometimes deal with unpleasant conditions due to a
patient’s injury or illness.
Depending on their area of specialisation, specialist medical practitioners
may have to work long, demanding and irregular hours. This may include working
on weekends and at night or being on call 24 hours a day. Adopting strict
hygiene practices is important.
How much can I expect to earn?
Full-time employed Specialist Medical Practitioner earn an average of $2321
per week. The [average annual salary for this job is $120692 excluding super.]
Personal requirements
- good communication skills
- self-confidence
- able to exercise high ethical standards
- able to relate to people from different cultural backgrounds
- compassionate towards others
- able to work independently
- a high degree of motivation and self-discipline
- a supportive and professional approach when treating patients
- able to cope with the physical demands of the job.
This job also involves:
Full use of hands/fingers
Use of precision or semi-precision tools or instruments or deft hand movements
are required for these occupations. Included are jobs where poor co-ordination
or incomplete use of hands or fingers may make tasks dangerous or difficult to
undertake.
Good vision for detail
These jobs require you to be able to see clearly to examine items close-up. It
covers jobs where poor vision e.g. tunnel vision, could make the work place
unsafe or the job difficult to undertake, e.g. draftsperson working with
detailed drawings; checkout operator reading dockets; work requiring good
hand-eye co-ordination for working with precision or semi-precision tools.
Mainly indoor work
Workers performing these jobs would usually be expected to spend more than
three-quarters of their day indoors, in an office, factory or other enclosed
area protected from the weather.
Reading or writing
These jobs require moderate or better reading and writing skills. Workers may
be expected to prepare, understand or act on written materials, such as
letters or reports. People may wish to avoid these jobs if their reading or
writing English skills are limited to a small range of words or phrases and
symbols. Jobs remaining may still require very basic reading or writing
skills.
This occupation offers jobs at the following skill levels:
Professional Jobs
Jobs in this group usually require completion of a recognised Bachelor Degree,
or extensive relevant experience. Some jobs also require post-graduate study,
such as a Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma or Master Degree.
Study requirements
At school, you can study these subject(s) to get a good foundation for this
occupation:
Biology
School subjects that include some aspect of BIOLOGY provide a useful
background to these jobs. In some cases a biology-related subject is a pre-
requisite for entry to courses that provide the training for the job.
Chemistry
School subjects that include some aspects of CHEMISTRY provide a useful
background to these jobs. In some cases a chemistry-related subject is a pre-
requisite for entry to courses that provide the training for the job.
Duties and tasks of a Specialist Medical Practitioner
Depending on their field of specialisation, specialist medical practitioners
may perform the following tasks:
- diagnose diseases and disorders by examining patients referred by other medical practitioners, using the results of laboratory and other tests
- take blood and tissue samples, examine samples under microscopes and perform microscopic examinations of bacterial cultures using X-ray and other imaging techniques for diagnostic purposes
- prescribe and administer medication
- administer anaesthetic and monitor patients throughout surgical procedures and post-operative recovery
- operate on patients using specialist surgical procedures
- treat diseases and disorders of the skin
- treat organic or congenital diseases and disorders of the eye
- treat medical and developmental diseases and disorders in children and adolescents
- provide obstetric and gynaecological care
- talk to patients to determine the nature of mental, emotional and behavioural disorders
- examine internal structure and organs using radiological techniques such as X-ray and ultrasound
- work closely with other health professionals caring for the patient.
Specialisations
Specialist medical practitioners practise in a range of special interest
areas, including anaestheology, dermatology, gynaecology and obstetrics,
internal medicine, ophthalmology, paediatrics, pathology, psychiatry,
radiology and surgery.