FAMILY AND GENERAL PRACTITIONER

Job Definition:

• Health associate professionals perform technical and practical tasks to support diagnosis and treatment of illness, disease, injuries and impairments in humans and animals, and to support implementation of health care, treatment and referral plans usually established by medical, veterinary, nursing and other health professionals. Competent performance in most occupations in this sub-major group requires skills at the third ISCO skill level.

Job Description:

• Diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases and injuries that commonly occur in the general population.

Duties and Tasks:

• 1) Plan, implement, or administer health programs or standards in hospital, business, or community for information, prevention, or treatment of injury or illness.
• 2) Prepare reports for government or management of birth, death, and disease statistics, workforce evaluations, or medical status of individuals.
• 3) Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.
• 4) Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports, and examination results.
• 5) Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients.
• 6) Monitor the patients’ conditions and progress and re-evaluate treatments as necessary.
• 7) Order, perform and interpret tests, and analyze records, reports and examination information to diagnose patients’ condition.
• 8) Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication, vaccination, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
• 9) Refer patients to medical specialists or other practitioners when necessary.
• 10) Conduct research to study anatomy and develop or test medications, treatments, or procedures to prevent or control disease or injury.
• 11) Coordinate work with nurses, social workers, rehabilitation therapists, pharmacists, psychologists and other health care providers.
• 12) Deliver babies.
• 13) Direct and coordinate activities of nurses, students, assistants, specialists, therapists, and other medical staff.
• 14) Operate on patients to remove, repair, or improve functioning of diseased or injured body parts and systems.

Activities:

• 1) Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
• 2) Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
• 3) Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
• 4) Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• 5) Assisting and Caring for Others — Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
• 6) Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• 7) Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
• 8) Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
• 9) Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
• 10) Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
• 11) Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
• 12) Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• 13) Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
• 14) Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
• 15) Provide Consultation and Advice to Others — Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
• 16) Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
• 17) Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
• 18) Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
• 19) Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.

Abilities:

• 1) Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand
• 2) Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• 3) Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• 4) Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
• 5) Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• 6) Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• 7) Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• 8) Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• 9) Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• 10) Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• 11) Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• 12) Finger Dexterity — The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
• 13) Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• 14) Speed of Closure — The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.
• 15) Multilimb Coordination — The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
• 16) Wrist-Finger Speed — The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
• 17) Control Precision — The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
• 18) Fluency of Ideas — The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
• 19) Mathematical Reasoning — The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
• 20) Number Facility — The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
• 21) Visual Color Discrimination — The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.

Knowledge

• 1) Medicine and Dentistry — Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
• 2) Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• 3) Biology — Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
• 4) Therapy and Counseling — Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
• 5) English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• 6) Chemistry — Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
• 7) Education and Training — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
• 8) Psychology — Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
• 9) Personnel and Human Resources — Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.