- Analyze patient's medical history, medication allergies, physical condition, and examination results to verify operation's necessity and to determine best procedure.
- Examine patients to obtain information on medical condition and surgical risk.
- Refer patients to medical specialist or other practitioners when necessary.
- Prepare case histories.
- Provide consultation and surgical assistance to other physicians and surgeons.
- Operate on patients to correct deformities, repair injuries, prevent and treat diseases, or improve or restore patients' functions.
- Follow established surgical techniques during the operation.
- Prescribe preoperative and postoperative treatments and procedures, such as sedatives, diets, antibiotics, and preparation and treatment of the patient's operative area.
- Diagnose bodily disorders and orthopedic conditions and provide treatments, such as medicines and surgeries, in clinics, hospital wards, and operating rooms.
- Examine instruments, equipment, and operating room to ensure sterility.
- Manage surgery services, including planning, scheduling and coordination, determination of procedures, and procurement of supplies and equipment.
- Direct and coordinate activities of nurses, assistants, specialists, residents, and other medical staff.
- Ensure safe and complete surgical removal of cancer following well establishment principles.
- Lead or be part of a team of surgeons to provide complete surgical care of cancer patients.
- Promote academic environment with regular teaching programs.
- Work with other specialties of oncology within frames of the board for better patients’ management.
- The clinical responsibilities are undertaken with in the limits of competence in Surgical Oncology.
- Clinical work is restricted to the domain of Surgical Oncology.
- Privileges are applied while taking into consideration the scope & support service available in the hospital.
- Queries arising, if any, in exercise the privileges should invariably be referred to the FD/MS before its execution.
- To be responsible for comprehensive patients care which includes medical documentation & follow up of patients, under care.
- To practice respective specially, ethically in the best traditions of the profession, discharge duties with utmost dedication, devotion and to endeavor in setting the highest standard of patients care.
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