Phoniatrician - Salary and Career
Doctors in surgical specialties

Phoniatrician - Career description, activities, functions and salary

They perform surgical interventions according to the needs of each patient, implant orthoses and prostheses, transplant organs and tissues, carry out medical consultations and assistance for the treatment of patients, implement disease prevention and health promotion actions, both individual and collective, prepare medical documents , administer health services and disseminate knowledge in the medical field.

How much does an Phoniatrician earn

A Phoniatrician earns between $2.290 and $10.874 per month, with an average monthly salary of $5.096 and a median salary of $5.265 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 79 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).


Salary ranges for the Phoniatrician

Monthly Salary Annual Salary Salary Per Week Hourly Salary
Average wage 5.096 61.156 1.274 52
1º Quartile 2.290 27.481 573 23
Median Salary 5.265 63.177 1.316 54
3º Quartile 8.293 99.519 2.073 85
Higher Salary 10.874 130.493 2.719 111


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 Phoniatrician

Doctors in surgical specialties must:

  • diffuse medical knowledge;
  • implementing actions for health promotion;
  • practice surgical interventions;
  • elaborate medical documents;
  • practicing surgical interventions;
  • manage health services;
  • diffusion of medical knowledge;
  • diffusion medical knowledge;
  • demonstrate personal skills;
  • spreading medical knowledge;
  • disseminate medical knowledge;
  • perform medical consultation and care;
  • perform medical consultation and assistance;
  • perform consultation and medical assistance;
  • administering health services;
  • treat the patient (as a biopsychosocial being);
  • difusing medical knowledge;
  • treating patient (as a biopsychosocial being);
  • perform medical consultation and care;
  • implement actions for health promotion;
  • treat patient (as a biopsychosocial being);

  • Activities

    • demonstrate ability to preserve medical confidentiality;
    • disseminating information in the media;
    • evaluate medical acts;
    • demonstrate selective attention capacity;
    • elaborate reports;
    • operating equipment and instruments;
    • diagnose the health status of patients;
    • preserving organs and tissues;
    • develop procedures;
    • disclose information in the media;
    • issue certificates;
    • prescribe immunization;
    • perform anamnesis;
    • practice clinical interventions;
    • coordinating health programs;
    • perform urgent and emergency care;
    • promoting educational activities;
    • evaluate expert knowledge;
    • refer patients to other professionals;
    • writing scientific papers;
    • practicing interventional procedures;
    • issue prescriptions;
    • select orthoses, prostheses and special materials;
    • performing organ and tissue transplants;
    • assist standardization of medical activities;
    • prescribing immunization;
    • promoting health campaigns;
    • perform treatments with biological agents;
    • evaluate the risks of surgery;
    • providing preventive treatments;
    • elaborate standard operating procedures;
    • fill in compulsory notification forms;
    • demonstrate altruism;
    • prescribing hygienic-dietary measures;
    • implementing biosafety measures;
    • prescribe medication;
    • perform medical expertise, audits and investigations;
    • issue declarations;
    • implanting prostheses and orthotics;
    • raise diagnostic hypotheses;
    • establish prognosis;
    • perform home visits;
    • teaching classes;
    • demonstrate medical actions;
    • perform medical expertise, audits and inquiries;
    • plan patient treatment;
    • demonstrate quickness of perception;
    • establishing a health action plan;
    • organizing scientific meetings;
    • perform hospital visits;
    • define surgical technique;
    • request additional exams;
    • developing research in medicine;
    • elaborate image documents;
    • writing scientific papers;
    • set up service schedule;
    • demonstrate ability to provide humanized care;
    • attend interconsultations;
    • perform instrumental workup;
    • practice interventionist procedures;
    • follow the patient's therapeutic plan;
    • demonstrate ability to listen;
    • select equipment and instruments;
    • demonstrate ability to adapt language;
    • participate in meetings, congresses and other scientific events;
    • tracking prevalent diseases;
    • check equipment and instruments;
    • evaluate therapeutic options;
    • specify inputs;
    • organizing continuing education courses;
    • participating on boards of associations, professional associations and health councils;
    • perform complementary exams;
    • monitor the patient's medical evolution;
    • request hospitalization;
    • demonstrate decision-making ability;
    • treat complications;
    • elaborate image documents;
    • perform physical examination;
    • demonstrate ability to interpret verbal and non-verbal language;
    • elaborate reports;
    • perform community health diagnosis;
    • perform gene therapy;
    • set up medical-hospital committees;
    • developing procedures;
    • elaborate informative and normative material;
    • elaborate medical records;
    • supervise medical acts;
    • to raise diagnostic hypotheses;
    • forward organs and tissues;
    • discuss diagnosis, prognosis and treatment with patients, guardians and family members;
    • issue opinions;
    • supervise medical training;
    • issuing certificates;
    • demonstrate leadership ability;
    • interpret data from clinical exams and complementary exams;
    • assist the regulation of medical activities;
    • supervise staff;
    • demonstrate ability to deal with adverse situations;
    • distribute tasks;
    • request interconsultations;
    • describe medical actions;
    • manage financial resources;
    • define surgical team;
    • request interconsultations;
    • assist the delivery;
    • demonstrate ability to work in a team;
    • prescribe treatment;
    • demonstrate empathy;
    • prepare teaching material;
    • issue reports;
    • elaborate protocols for medical procedures;
    • evaluating risks of surgery;
    • remove organs and tissues;
    • develop equipment;
    • perform treatments with physical agents;
    • demonstrate impartiality of judgment;
    • establishing medical-hospital committees;
    • assist in the regulation of medical activities;
    • establish medical-hospital committees;
    • participate in the boards of associations, professional associations and health councils;
    • select patients in specific situations;
    • demonstrate time management skills;
    • participating on boards of associations, class entities and health councils;
    • indicate treatment;
    • develop research projects;
    • demonstrate tolerance;
    • dispatch work;
    • manage urgent and emergency situations;
    • implementing biosecurity measures;
    • provide consultancy and advice;
    • practice interventional procedures;
    • perform treatments with chemical agents;
    • select work team;
    • forwarding organs and tissues;
    • coordinating health programs;


    Sectors that hire Phoniatrician the most in the job market

    • hospital care activities
    • activities of associations for the defense of social rights
    • general public administration
    • other human health care activities
    • outpatient care activities
    • service activities in emergency room and hospital units for emergency care
    • outpatient medical activity with resources for performing complementary exams
    • health management support activities
    • infrastructure providing support and assistance activities for patients at home
    • higher education - undergraduate




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