Townsville City, Australia | Posted on 23/06/2023

To diagnose and treat physical and mentalillnesses, disorders and injuries, recommend preventative action and referpatients to specialist Medical Practitioners, other health care workers, andsocial, welfare and support workers.

Tasks

· Conducting examinations and assessing patients todetermine the nature of disorders and illnesses and recording patients' medicalinformation.

· Prescribing laboratory tests,X-rays and other diagnostic procedures, and interpreting findings to assist indiagnosis.

· Providing overall care for patients,administering treatments, medications and other remedial measures.

· Monitoring patients' progressand response to treatment.

· Advising on diet, exercise andother habits which aid prevention and treatment of disease and disorders.

· Referring patients to, andexchanging medical information with, specialist Medical Practitioners.

· Reporting births, deaths andnotifiable diseases to government authorities.

· Arranging the admission ofpatients to hospitals.

Occupations in this unit group have a level ofskill commensurate with a bachelor’s degree or higher qualification and atleast one year of hospital-based training (ANZSCO Skill Level 1).
Registration or licensing is required.