Orthopedic doctor - Salary, Career

How much does an Orthopedic doctor earn

A Orthopedic doctor earns between $2.862 and $14.333 per month, with an average monthly salary of $6.015 and a median salary of $5.000 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 842 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Salary ranges for the Orthopedic doctor
	Monthly Salary	Annual Salary	Salary Per Week	Hourly Salary
Average wage	6.015	72.186	1.504	58
1º Quartile	2.862	34.347	716	27
Median Salary	5.000	60.000	1.250	48
3º Quartile	10.931	131.174	2.733	105
Higher Salary	14.333	171.999	3.583	137

Professional job categories

Science and arts professionals
- professionals of biological sciences, health
- - medical professionals
- - - doctors in surgical specialties

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Main workplaces

Doctors in surgical specialties the positions of this CBO family develop their activities in the sectors of health, social services, teaching, research and development. They act as self-employed without permanent supervision, can work individually or in teams, carry out activities indoors and at irregular hours. In some situations, they work in uncomfortable positions for long periods and, due to the nature and responsibility of their work, they are subject to stress. In some of the occupations professionals may be subject to the action of toxic, chemical, radioactive and biological materials.

What does it take to work in the field of Doctors in surgical specialties

The occupations are performed by professionals with higher education, accredited by the CFM Conselho Federal de Medicina. The exercise of the function takes place after a period of one to two years of professional experience plus a specialization course or medical residency in the area of expertise.

Functions and activities of Orthopedic doctor

Doctors in surgical specialties must:

perform medical consultation and care;

difusing medical knowledge;

demonstrate personal skills;

treat patient (as a biopsychosocial being);

implementing actions for health promotion;

practice surgical interventions;

perform consultation and medical assistance;

treat the patient (as a biopsychosocial being);

perform medical consultation and care;

diffusion medical knowledge;

diffusion of medical knowledge;

disseminate medical knowledge;

implement actions for health promotion;

manage health services;

administering health services;

treating patient (as a biopsychosocial being);

practicing surgical interventions;

diffuse medical knowledge;

elaborate medical documents;

spreading medical knowledge;

perform medical consultation and assistance;

Activities

attend interconsultations;

discuss diagnosis, prognosis and treatment with patients, guardians and family members;

define surgical technique;

issuing certificates;

select orthoses, prostheses and special materials;

promoting health campaigns;

implementing biosafety measures;

demonstrate medical actions;

demonstrate tolerance;

remove organs and tissues;

define surgical team;

perform complementary exams;

evaluate medical acts;

develop equipment;

set up medical-hospital committees;

demonstrate ability to provide humanized care;

implementing biosecurity measures;

tracking prevalent diseases;

refer patients to other professionals;

preserving organs and tissues;

organizing scientific meetings;

participating on boards of associations, class entities and health councils;

raise diagnostic hypotheses;

demonstrate time management skills;

elaborate image documents;

providing preventive treatments;

issue declarations;

supervise staff;

elaborate image documents;

demonstrate ability to adapt language;

promoting educational activities;

coordinating health programs;

treat complications;

disseminating information in the media;

developing research in medicine;

demonstrate empathy;

participate in meetings, congresses and other scientific events;

performing organ and tissue transplants;

to raise diagnostic hypotheses;

describe medical actions;

dispatch work;

evaluate the risks of surgery;

establish medical-hospital committees;

assist in the regulation of medical activities;

provide consultancy and advice;

perform physical examination;

manage financial resources;

evaluate therapeutic options;

assist the regulation of medical activities;

diagnose the health status of patients;

monitor the patient's medical evolution;

select equipment and instruments;

follow the patient's therapeutic plan;

demonstrate ability to preserve medical confidentiality;

perform medical expertise, audits and investigations;

practice clinical interventions;

elaborate standard operating procedures;

operating equipment and instruments;

perform community health diagnosis;

demonstrate ability to listen;

prescribe immunization;

implanting prostheses and orthotics;

demonstrate decision-making ability;

request hospitalization;

perform hospital visits;

assist standardization of medical activities;

practice interventional procedures;

perform instrumental workup;

specify inputs;

issue certificates;

perform anamnesis;

demonstrate quickness of perception;

demonstrate altruism;

set up service schedule;

practicing interventional procedures;

prescribe treatment;

evaluate expert knowledge;

perform medical expertise, audits and inquiries;

developing procedures;

perform gene therapy;

request interconsultations;

prepare teaching material;

fill in compulsory notification forms;

supervise medical acts;

evaluating risks of surgery;

participate in the boards of associations, professional associations and health councils;

issue reports;

perform urgent and emergency care;

develop research projects;

interpret data from clinical exams and complementary exams;

elaborate informative and normative material;

supervise medical training;

issue opinions;

request additional exams;

writing scientific papers;

check equipment and instruments;

demonstrate ability to deal with adverse situations;

elaborate reports;

participating on boards of associations, professional associations and health councils;

disclose information in the media;

organizing continuing education courses;

perform home visits;

writing scientific papers;

elaborate medical records;

forwarding organs and tissues;

forward organs and tissues;

plan patient treatment;

assist the delivery;

distribute tasks;

request interconsultations;

prescribe medication;

coordinating health programs;

establishing a health action plan;

elaborate reports;

indicate treatment;

establishing medical-hospital committees;

elaborate protocols for medical procedures;

perform treatments with biological agents;

practice interventionist procedures;

demonstrate leadership ability;

prescribing hygienic-dietary measures;

demonstrate ability to work in a team;

establish prognosis;

manage urgent and emergency situations;

select work team;

perform treatments with chemical agents;

perform treatments with physical agents;

develop procedures;

demonstrate selective attention capacity;

demonstrate impartiality of judgment;

select patients in specific situations;

demonstrate ability to interpret verbal and non-verbal language;

teaching classes;

prescribing immunization;

issue prescriptions;

Sectors that hire Orthopedic doctor the most in the job market

general public administration
hospital care activities
service activities in emergency room and hospital units for emergency care
outpatient care activities
activities of associations for the defense of social rights
outpatient medical activity with resources for performing complementary exams
social, sports and similar clubs
health management support activities
outpatient medical activity restricted to consultations
other human health care activities

Orthopedic doctor - Career description, activities, functions and salary