Specialist Doctors

monitoring and providing general care to patients on hospital wards and in outpatient clinics;
admitting patients requiring special care followed by investigations and treatment;
examining and talking to patients to diagnose their medical conditions;
carrying out specific procedures, e.g. performing operations and specialist investigations;
making notes, both as a legal record of treatment and for the benefit of other healthcare professionals;
working with other doctors as part of a team, either in the same department or within other specialties;
liaising with other medical and non-medical staff in the hospital to ensure quality treatment;
promoting health education;
undertaking managerial responsibilities such as planning the workload and staffing of the department, especially at more senior levels;
teaching junior doctors and medical students, as well as auditing and research.