DOCTOR :
1. Monitoring and providing general care to patients on hospital wards and in outpatient clinics;
2. Admitting patients requiring special care followed by investigations and treatment;
3. Examining and talking to patients to diagnose their medical conditions;
4. Carrying out specific procedures, e.g. performing operations and specialist investigations;
5. Making notes and preparing paperwork, both as a legal record of treatment and for the benefit of other healthcare professionals;
6. Working with other doctors as part of a team, either in the same department or within other specialties;
7. Liaising with other medical and non-medical staff in the hospital to ensure quality treatment;
8. Promoting health education;
9. Undertaking managerial responsibilities such as planning the workload and staffing of the department, especially at more senior levels;
10. Teaching junior doctors and medical students, as well as auditing and research.
