Medical consultants are major healthcare employers.
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Medical consultants may employ nurses, medical technicians, nurse practitioners, billing and coding personnel and medical office receptionists.
Duties of a Physician
Modern healthcare is a fast-changing profession, with both new science and new economic constraints to be managed. A doctor must also be a chief executive. Running a hospital or physician practice requires more than just a knowledge of medicine. Physicians and medical administrators must also understand accounting practices, doctors must oversee and manage a diverse staff, as well as deciding marketing and legal questions.Also, NHS consultant physicians frequently work long hours -- in fact, an average of 21 hours per week above contractual requirements. A great deal of this extra time is consumed by administrative duties, in addition to the time that doctors spend in general medicine and working in their specialties. All told, on average NHS doctors work between 60-70 hours per week.
British Physician Licensing
19 British universities have had their medical graduates compared in their performance on the Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians (MRCP UK) exam, with widely varying results. This has resulted in a call for a national licensing exam similar to the US. However, it has been pointed out that universities whose graduates performed less well in this particular exam, may well be teaching valuable skills that are not covered by the MRCP exam.Good Physician Practices
Errors and malpractice of doctors has received increased public scrutiny and publicity, both hospital physicians and general practitioners (GPs). While UK medicine is self-regulated, it has been suggest that the General Medical Council (GMC) must respond to growing public fears, or self-regulation may not be sustainable. Duties of doctors registered with the GMC have been set out in a series of booklets entitled "Good Medical Practice".Copyright © healthcarehiring.co.uk. All rights reserved. Contribute to our database
