Orthopedist - Salary, Career

How much does an Orthopedist earn

A Orthopedist 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 Orthopedist
	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 Orthopedist

Doctors in surgical specialties must:

perform consultation and medical assistance;

perform medical consultation and care;

treat patient (as a biopsychosocial being);

elaborate medical documents;

difusing medical knowledge;

spreading medical knowledge;

demonstrate personal skills;

diffuse medical knowledge;

treating patient (as a biopsychosocial being);

perform medical consultation and care;

implementing actions for health promotion;

implement actions for health promotion;

administering health services;

disseminate medical knowledge;

practicing surgical interventions;

diffusion of medical knowledge;

practice surgical interventions;

treat the patient (as a biopsychosocial being);

perform medical consultation and assistance;

diffusion medical knowledge;

manage health services;

Activities

assist the delivery;

perform treatments with chemical agents;

evaluate medical acts;

organizing continuing education courses;

forward organs and tissues;

practice interventional procedures;

participate in meetings, congresses and other scientific events;

supervise staff;

set up service schedule;

demonstrate quickness of perception;

demonstrate ability to work in a team;

elaborate medical records;

perform home visits;

supervise medical training;

prescribing hygienic-dietary measures;

assist standardization of medical activities;

develop equipment;

establishing medical-hospital committees;

request interconsultations;

assist the regulation of medical activities;

provide consultancy and advice;

demonstrate ability to interpret verbal and non-verbal language;

follow the patient's therapeutic plan;

define surgical technique;

select patients in specific situations;

promoting educational activities;

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

coordinating health programs;

teaching classes;

elaborate protocols for medical procedures;

issue declarations;

developing procedures;

perform anamnesis;

perform treatments with biological agents;

perform community health diagnosis;

elaborate standard operating procedures;

perform hospital visits;

demonstrate ability to listen;

elaborate image documents;

assist in the regulation of medical activities;

practice interventionist procedures;

evaluate expert knowledge;

issue prescriptions;

demonstrate time management skills;

demonstrate leadership ability;

developing research in medicine;

manage urgent and emergency situations;

issue opinions;

preserving organs and tissues;

operating equipment and instruments;

perform gene therapy;

request hospitalization;

interpret data from clinical exams and complementary exams;

organizing scientific meetings;

prepare teaching material;

to raise diagnostic hypotheses;

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

develop procedures;

coordinating health programs;

prescribe medication;

writing scientific papers;

establish prognosis;

evaluate therapeutic options;

prescribe treatment;

practicing interventional procedures;

fill in compulsory notification forms;

demonstrate empathy;

establish medical-hospital committees;

remove organs and tissues;

demonstrate selective attention capacity;

perform medical expertise, audits and investigations;

disclose information in the media;

select orthoses, prostheses and special materials;

manage financial resources;

indicate treatment;

perform urgent and emergency care;

perform instrumental workup;

demonstrate ability to adapt language;

request additional exams;

dispatch work;

check equipment and instruments;

evaluate the risks of surgery;

define surgical team;

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

supervise medical acts;

demonstrate medical actions;

demonstrate impartiality of judgment;

monitor the patient's medical evolution;

implanting prostheses and orthotics;

elaborate informative and normative material;

promoting health campaigns;

select equipment and instruments;

evaluating risks of surgery;

prescribe immunization;

raise diagnostic hypotheses;

disseminating information in the media;

elaborate image documents;

develop research projects;

describe medical actions;

forwarding organs and tissues;

specify inputs;

plan patient treatment;

select work team;

providing preventive treatments;

demonstrate ability to preserve medical confidentiality;

implementing biosecurity measures;

elaborate reports;

demonstrate ability to provide humanized care;

perform physical examination;

diagnose the health status of patients;

establishing a health action plan;

demonstrate tolerance;

tracking prevalent diseases;

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

perform treatments with physical agents;

issue reports;

set up medical-hospital committees;

performing organ and tissue transplants;

perform complementary exams;

demonstrate altruism;

request interconsultations;

demonstrate decision-making ability;

treat complications;

issuing certificates;

refer patients to other professionals;

writing scientific papers;

demonstrate ability to deal with adverse situations;

elaborate reports;

implementing biosafety measures;

perform medical expertise, audits and inquiries;

practice clinical interventions;

distribute tasks;

issue certificates;

attend interconsultations;

prescribing immunization;

Sectors that hire Orthopedist 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

Orthopedist - Career description, activities, functions and salary