Paediatric Surgeon

Description

Provides surgical care and treatment to children from birth, up to and including adolescence.

Description

Perform surgery to treat and prevent diseases and illnesses, correct deformities, repair injuries, and improve human functioning and appearance.

Tasks include

• Examines babies, children and adolescents to determine medical conditions, reviews referrals, and reports on patients' physical conditions and medical histories
• Determines the need for operations, explaining risks to families, and selecting the best operational procedures
• Requests and interprets diagnostic tests, and prescribes treatments and medications
• Performs surgical operations, procedures and transplants, prescribes post-operative care, and observes patients' progress
• Instructs other medical, nursing and associated staff regarding the preparation of patients, and instrument and equipment requirements