Specialist Medical Practitioners
Description
Specialist medical practitioners specialise in particular areas of modern medicine, diagnose mental and physical injuries, disorders and diseases within their specialism, prescribe and give treatment, recommend preventative action, and conduct medical education and research activities
Tasks
- Takes overall responsibility for, supervises and directs the implementation of care and treatment plans by other healthcare providers.
- Prepares and delivers lectures, undertakes research, and conducts and participates in clinical trials.
- Performs specialist medical tasks such as surgery, anaesthetisation and diagnostic or interventional radiology.
- Provides specialist advice to generalist medical practitioners or other specialists.
- Supervises patient’s progress and advises on diet, exercise and other preventative action.
- Administers medical tests and inoculations against communicable diseases.
- Diagnoses condition and prescribes and/or administers appropriate treatment/surgery.
- Examines patient, arranges for any necessary x-rays or other tests and interprets results.
Entry Requirements
Honours, Bachelor's degree
Skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Learning
- Monitoring
- Critical Thinking
- Active Listening
- Science
- Speaking
- Learning Strategies
- Writing
- Mathematics
Related Courses
- Access to HE Diploma (Medicine) - Level 3
- Allergy Awareness - Adult Social Care
- Allergy Awareness for Those Working in the Service Sector - Level 2
- Award in Personal Social Skills - 1-1 modules - Level 1
- Award in Personal Social Skills - Introduction to Wellbeing - Level 1
- Awareness of Mental Health Problems - Level 2
- Care Skills Essentials - Part-Time
- Common Health Conditions - Level 2
- Engagement to Health and Social Care-Childcare - Level 1
- Falls Prevention Awareness - Level 2
- Health and Social Care - Level 1
- Health and Social Care - Level 2
- Health Social Care Academy - Level 3
- Health Studies - Level 3
- Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care - Level 2
- Principles of Care Planning - Level 2
- Principles of End of Life Care - Level 2
- Principles of the Mental Health Care Worker - Level 2
- Principles of the Prevention and Control of Infection in Health Care Settings - Level 2
- Senior Healthcare Support Worker - Apprenticeship - Level 3
- Understanding Autism - Level 2
- Understanding Common Illnesses Affecting Children - Level 2
- Understanding the Care and Management of Diabetes - Level 2
- Understanding the Safe Handling of Medication in Health and Social Care - Level 2