Pediatric Surgeons
Diagnose and perform surgery to treat fetal abnormalities and birth defects, diseases, and injuries in fetuses, premature and newborn infants, children, and adolescents. Includes all pediatric surgical specialties and subspecialties.
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Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed
Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
These occupations often involve coordinating, training, supervising, or managing the activities of others to accomplish goals. Very advanced communication and organizational skills are required. Examples include pharmacists, lawyers, astronomers, biologists, clergy, physician assistants, and veterinarians.
Technology Skills
Medical software
Graphics or photo imaging software
Operating system software
Human resources software
Tools and Equipment
Surgical clamps or clips or forceps
Surgical retractors
Surgical pneumatic or battery or electric saws or drills or pin drivers
Electrosurgical or electrocautery equipment
Surgical scissors
Surgical microscopes or loupes or magnifiers
Surgical suction machine or vacuum extractor or ultrasonic surgical aspirator
Surgical lasers
Surgical dermatomes or dermabraders or dermameshers
Cystoscopes or cystourethroscopes
Surgical power equipment sets
Surgical calipers or rulers or protractors
Mobile medical services automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles
Operating room patient fracture tables or orthopedic tables
Medical staplers for external use
Surgical lithotripters
Endoscopic catheter adapters
Vein harvest kits or systems
Irrigation or suction handpieces or cannulas or tips or catheters
Adult Surgical drapes
Electrocardiography EKG units
Heart and lung machines
Pulse oximeter units
Vascular sequential compression pump
Operating room patient positioning devices for general use
Surgical extractors
Uterine devices
Radiosurgical gamma knife units or scintillators
Surgical perfusion cannulas or catheters
Surgical drivers
Diagnostic or interventional vascular catheters for general use
Surgical hammers or mallets
Cryosurgery units
Facial shields
Surgical elevators or levers
Operating room patient procedure tables
Urological surgical instrument sets
Surgical rongeurs
Medical ultrasound or doppler or pulse echocardiograph or echocardiograph units for general diagnostic use
Surgical pneumatic or electric tourniquets
Colposcopes or vaginoscopes
General surgical instrument sets
Central venous catheters
Surgical bone cutting forceps
Surgical probes or directors
Autotransfusion units
Cardiac output CO monitoring units
Surgical scalpels or knives or blades or trephines
ASTM rated surgical masks/ tie back mask
Surgical punches or punch holders
Laparoscopes or laparoscopic telescopes
Peritoneoscopes
Patient controlled analgesia infusion pumps
Surgical spreaders
Surgical bone hand saws or wire saws or saw handles
Intravenous tubing with catheter administration kits
Endoscopic instrument sets
Surgical smoke evacuators
Eyemagnets for ophthalmic surgery
Latex Surgical gloves
Vascular occluder or ligator
Medical x ray units for general diagnostic use
Surgical trocars for general use
Suture needles
Ophthalmic surgery instrument sets
Endoscopic insufflation or distention units or accessories
Surgical chisels or gouges
Diathermy units
Desktop computer
Surgical curettes or loops or curette sets
Endoscopic video cameras or recorders or adapters or accessories
Personal computer
Endoscopic clamp or dissector or grasper or forceps
Oxygen therapy delivery system products
Medical staplers for internal use
Surgical irrigation sets
Surgical taps
Arterial line catheters
Surgical dilators
Surgical rasps or files
Surgical speculas
Surgical needle holders
Digital cameras
Bronchoscopes
Resectoscopes
Surgical nippers
Surgical nerve stimulators
Detailed Work Activities
- Examine patients to assess general physical condition.
- Operate on patients to treat conditions.
- Advise medical personnel regarding healthcare issues.
- Analyze patient data to determine patient needs or treatment goals.
- Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment.
- Assist healthcare practitioners during surgery.
- Conduct research to increase knowledge about medical issues.
- Confer with family members to discuss client treatment plans or progress.
- Confer with other professionals to plan patient care.
- Diagnose medical conditions.
- Explain medical procedures or test results to patients or family members.
- Follow protocols or regulations for healthcare activities.
- Manage healthcare operations.
- Monitor patient progress or responses to treatments.
- Order medical supplies or equipment.
- Prescribe medications.
- Prescribe treatments or therapies.
- Record patient medical histories.
- Refer patients to other healthcare practitioners or health resources.
- Schedule patient procedures or appointments.
- Sterilize medical equipment or instruments.
- Supervise patient care personnel.
Work Styles
A tendency to be detail-oriented, organized, and thorough in completing work.
A tendency to cope and function effectively in stressful situations at work.
A tendency to be reliable, responsible, and consistent in meeting work-related obligations.
A tendency to remain calm and composed and to manage emotions effectively in response to criticism or difficult situations at work.
A tendency to be careful, deliberate, and risk-avoidant when making work-related decisions or doing work.
A tendency to seek out and acquire new work-related knowledge and obtain a deep understanding of work-related subjects.
A tendency to exhibit determination and resolve to perform or complete tasks in the face of difficult circumstances or obstacles at work.
A tendency to establish and maintain personally challenging work-related goals, set high work-related standards, and exert high effort toward meeting those goals and standards.
A tendency to be pleasant, helpful, and willing to assist others at work.
A tendency to be open to and comfortable with change, new experiences, or ideas at work.
A tendency to believe in one's work-related capabilities and ability to control one's work-related outcomes.
A tendency to lead, take charge, offer opinions, and provide direction at work.
A tendency to be honest and ethical at work.
A tendency to be genuine and sincere in interactions with others at work, without concern for personal gain or self-interest.
A tendency to be proactive and take on extra responsibilities and tasks that may fall outside of one's required work role.
A tendency to be inventive, to be imaginative, and to adopt new perspectives on ways to accomplish work.
A tendency to be comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty at work.
A tendency to seek out, enjoy, and be energized by social interaction at work.
A tendency to show concern for others and be sensitive to others' needs and feelings at work.
A tendency to exhibit a positive attitude and positive emotions at work, even under difficult circumstances.
A tendency to be modest and humble when interacting with others at work.
Reference
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