Pediatric surgeon - Salary, Career

How much does an Pediatric surgeon earn

A Pediatric surgeon earns between $1.770 and $23.814 per month, with an average monthly salary of $7.665 and a median salary of $4.500 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 72 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Salary ranges for the Pediatric surgeon
	Monthly Salary	Annual Salary	Salary Per Week	Hourly Salary
Average wage	7.665	91.984	1.916	50
1º Quartile	1.770	21.240	443	11
Median Salary	4.500	54.000	1.125	29
3º Quartile	18.162	217.940	4.540	118
Higher Salary	23.814	285.770	5.954	154

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 Pediatric surgeon

Doctors in surgical specialties must:

perform medical consultation and care;

treat the patient (as a biopsychosocial being);

implementing actions for health promotion;

diffusion of medical knowledge;

demonstrate personal skills;

diffusion medical knowledge;

treating patient (as a biopsychosocial being);

perform consultation and medical assistance;

disseminate medical knowledge;

practicing surgical interventions;

treat patient (as a biopsychosocial being);

manage health services;

implement actions for health promotion;

perform medical consultation and care;

practice surgical interventions;

diffuse medical knowledge;

difusing medical knowledge;

administering health services;

elaborate medical documents;

perform medical consultation and assistance;

spreading medical knowledge;

Activities

perform community health diagnosis;

dispatch work;

issuing certificates;

developing procedures;

treat complications;

specify inputs;

demonstrate tolerance;

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

perform physical examination;

issue opinions;

elaborate standard operating procedures;

practice clinical interventions;

elaborate image documents;

develop research projects;

prescribe medication;

evaluate therapeutic options;

assist the regulation of medical activities;

implementing biosafety measures;

evaluate the risks of surgery;

supervise medical acts;

issue declarations;

demonstrate quickness of perception;

remove organs and tissues;

manage urgent and emergency situations;

elaborate informative and normative material;

plan patient treatment;

coordinating health programs;

teaching classes;

implementing biosecurity measures;

elaborate protocols for medical procedures;

issue certificates;

assist standardization of medical activities;

select orthoses, prostheses and special materials;

establishing a health action plan;

define surgical team;

prescribe treatment;

manage financial resources;

elaborate image documents;

evaluate medical acts;

establish medical-hospital committees;

demonstrate selective attention capacity;

demonstrate ability to adapt language;

select patients in specific situations;

demonstrate ability to preserve medical confidentiality;

select work team;

follow the patient's therapeutic plan;

perform treatments with biological agents;

perform treatments with physical agents;

issue prescriptions;

tracking prevalent diseases;

forwarding organs and tissues;

disclose information in the media;

demonstrate ability to work in a team;

request additional exams;

prescribing immunization;

supervise staff;

perform hospital visits;

promoting educational activities;

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

prescribe immunization;

performing organ and tissue transplants;

perform medical expertise, audits and inquiries;

request interconsultations;

demonstrate impartiality of judgment;

promoting health campaigns;

practice interventionist procedures;

diagnose the health status of patients;

elaborate reports;

prescribing hygienic-dietary measures;

provide consultancy and advice;

perform treatments with chemical agents;

distribute tasks;

prepare teaching material;

evaluating risks of surgery;

organizing scientific meetings;

organizing continuing education courses;

coordinating health programs;

providing preventive treatments;

demonstrate leadership ability;

issue reports;

check equipment and instruments;

set up service schedule;

demonstrate empathy;

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

develop equipment;

supervise medical training;

describe medical actions;

preserving organs and tissues;

demonstrate decision-making ability;

to raise diagnostic hypotheses;

perform urgent and emergency care;

attend interconsultations;

demonstrate ability to provide humanized care;

disseminating information in the media;

establishing medical-hospital committees;

perform anamnesis;

perform instrumental workup;

writing scientific papers;

demonstrate ability to interpret verbal and non-verbal language;

select equipment and instruments;

establish prognosis;

practicing interventional procedures;

monitor the patient's medical evolution;

refer patients to other professionals;

forward organs and tissues;

perform gene therapy;

perform complementary exams;

assist the delivery;

assist in the regulation of medical activities;

demonstrate ability to listen;

elaborate reports;

operating equipment and instruments;

demonstrate ability to deal with adverse situations;

indicate treatment;

demonstrate time management skills;

perform medical expertise, audits and investigations;

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

perform home visits;

demonstrate altruism;

implanting prostheses and orthotics;

elaborate medical records;

interpret data from clinical exams and complementary exams;

demonstrate medical actions;

developing research in medicine;

evaluate expert knowledge;

set up medical-hospital committees;

fill in compulsory notification forms;

request hospitalization;

practice interventional procedures;

define surgical technique;

request interconsultations;

participate in meetings, congresses and other scientific events;

develop procedures;

writing scientific papers;

raise diagnostic hypotheses;

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Pediatric surgeon - Career description, activities, functions and salary