Roles
This occupation group covers Specialist Physicians not elsewhere classified (nec). Data for core competencies, specialist tasks and technology tools are not available for 253399 Specialist Physicians nec.
Assess, treat, and care for patients with sleeping disorders.
Diagnose, assess and treat patients with a disability due to illness or injury.
Evaluate or treat patients with genetic disorders, may research and study the inheritance of traits at the molecular, organism or population level.
Diagnose and provide treatment in sexual health medicine and support sexual health needs of the community.
Apply knowledge of general preventive medicine and public health issues to promote health care to groups or the community.
Provide end of life care, relief from pain and symptoms of illness and optimise quality of life for patients.
Assess, plan, and organise rehabilitative programs and treatments that help treat work related injuries and health conditions.
Apply knowledge of drugs prescribed by physicians and other health practitioners to promote improved outcomes for patients in relation to medications and their use. May advise physicians and other health practitioners on the selection, dosage, interactions, and side effects of medications.
Diagnose and provide treatments for a wide range of infectious diseases.
Diagnose, treat, and provide preventive care to older adults.
Diagnose, treat, and help prevent disease processes affecting the immune system.
Investigates, diagnoses and treats diseases and disorders of the human respiratory system. Registration or licensing is required.
Diagnose, treat, and help prevent allergic diseases.
Investigates, diagnoses and treats diseases, injuries and deficiencies of human joints, muscles and soft tissue. Registration or licensing is required.
Investigates, diagnoses and treats disorders of the human kidney. Registration or licensing is required.
Investigates, diagnoses and treats internal diseases and disorders in children from birth up to, and including, adolescence. Registration or licensing is required.
Neonatologists specialise in caring for newborn babies, particularly those who are ill or born prematurely. They may also provide advice and consultation to expecting parents with certain risk factors, such as multiple births. Registration or licensing is required. The specialisation of 'Neonatologist' is a subset of the broader occupation of 'Paediatrician'. They perform some or all of the broader occupation’s tasks as well as additional tasks. This 'Neonatologist' profile should be combined with the broader 'Paediatrician' occupation profile in order to understand the full range of tasks undertaken by individuals in these roles.
Investigates, diagnoses and treats conditions effecting the respiratory systems of children. Registration or licensing is required. The specialisation of 'Paediatric Thoracic Physician' is a subset of the broader occupation of 'Paediatrician'. They perform some or all of the broader occupation’s tasks as well as additional tasks. This 'Paediatric Thoracic Physician' profile should be combined with the broader 'Paediatrician' occupation profile in order to understand the full range of tasks undertaken by individuals in these roles.
Investigates, diagnoses and treats diseases and injuries of the human brain, spinal cord, nervous system and muscle tissue. Registration or licensing is required.
Investigates, diagnoses and treats diseases and disorders of the human liver, stomach and associated organs. Registration or licensing is required.
Investigates, diagnoses and treats patients in need of intensive and critical care. Registration or licensing is required.
Investigates, diagnoses and treats disorders of the human glandular and hormonal systems. Registration or licensing is required.
Investigates, diagnoses and treats patients with cancer using chemotherapy and biological therapy. Registration or licensing is required. Gynaecological, Radiation and Surgical Oncologists are excluded from this occupation.
Investigates and diagnoses blood and other genetic disorders by studying cellular composition of blood and blood-producing tissues. Registration or licensing is required.