About this role
Provide medical care for patients; examine individuals and families within the community to diagnose and treat health issues.
What you might do day-to-day in this job
Typical tasks for a General Practitioner include:
- consult with and examine patients to diagnose their health issues
- order laboratory tests, x-rays and other diagnostic procedures
- interpret test results to work towards a diagnosis
- monitor patient progress and response to treatment
- prescribe and administer medicines
- perform minor surgery
- recommend heathy diet and exercise and other behaviours to prevent and manage disease
- report births, deaths and notifiable diseases to government authorities
- arrange the admission of patients to hospitals.