Plastic surgeon - Salary, Career

How much does an Plastic surgeon earn

A Plastic surgeon earns between $1.690 and $11.683 per month, with an average monthly salary of $5.208 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 99 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Salary ranges for the Plastic surgeon
	Monthly Salary	Annual Salary	Salary Per Week	Hourly Salary
Average wage	5.208	62.501	1.302	35
1º Quartile	1.690	20.274	422	11
Median Salary	5.265	63.177	1.316	36
3º Quartile	8.910	106.915	2.227	60
Higher Salary	11.683	140.190	2.921	79

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 Plastic surgeon

Doctors in surgical specialties must:

treat patient (as a biopsychosocial being);

perform medical consultation and assistance;

manage health services;

practice surgical interventions;

diffuse medical knowledge;

perform medical consultation and care;

administering health services;

demonstrate personal skills;

diffusion of medical knowledge;

treat the patient (as a biopsychosocial being);

implement actions for health promotion;

perform consultation and medical assistance;

diffusion medical knowledge;

elaborate medical documents;

disseminate medical knowledge;

spreading medical knowledge;

treating patient (as a biopsychosocial being);

perform medical consultation and care;

difusing medical knowledge;

implementing actions for health promotion;

practicing surgical interventions;

Activities

develop equipment;

develop research projects;

fill in compulsory notification forms;

perform anamnesis;

remove organs and tissues;

establishing medical-hospital committees;

tracking prevalent diseases;

perform medical expertise, audits and inquiries;

define surgical team;

demonstrate empathy;

perform gene therapy;

manage urgent and emergency situations;

perform treatments with biological agents;

writing scientific papers;

define surgical technique;

select equipment and instruments;

demonstrate impartiality of judgment;

promoting educational activities;

perform treatments with physical agents;

evaluating risks of surgery;

issuing certificates;

establishing a health action plan;

to raise diagnostic hypotheses;

demonstrate leadership ability;

demonstrate ability to preserve medical confidentiality;

follow the patient's therapeutic plan;

elaborate informative and normative material;

forward organs and tissues;

perform treatments with chemical agents;

set up medical-hospital committees;

elaborate standard operating procedures;

coordinating health programs;

forwarding organs and tissues;

writing scientific papers;

prescribe treatment;

assist the regulation of medical activities;

practicing interventional procedures;

demonstrate decision-making ability;

refer patients to other professionals;

issue certificates;

perform home visits;

promoting health campaigns;

assist the delivery;

coordinating health programs;

distribute tasks;

set up service schedule;

disclose information in the media;

performing organ and tissue transplants;

select orthoses, prostheses and special materials;

specify inputs;

prescribe immunization;

provide consultancy and advice;

develop procedures;

perform physical examination;

evaluate expert knowledge;

supervise medical training;

implementing biosafety measures;

perform medical expertise, audits and investigations;

implanting prostheses and orthotics;

elaborate medical records;

elaborate image documents;

select patients in specific situations;

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

supervise medical acts;

establish medical-hospital committees;

demonstrate ability to deal with adverse situations;

demonstrate ability to work in a team;

treat complications;

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

elaborate protocols for medical procedures;

plan patient treatment;

assist in the regulation of medical activities;

operating equipment and instruments;

developing research in medicine;

practice interventional procedures;

disseminating information in the media;

evaluate therapeutic options;

evaluate medical acts;

perform complementary exams;

issue opinions;

demonstrate medical actions;

demonstrate selective attention capacity;

request interconsultations;

practice clinical interventions;

prescribe medication;

evaluate the risks of surgery;

organizing scientific meetings;

prescribing hygienic-dietary measures;

indicate treatment;

perform instrumental workup;

issue reports;

describe medical actions;

demonstrate ability to provide humanized care;

implementing biosecurity measures;

establish prognosis;

assist standardization of medical activities;

demonstrate tolerance;

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

preserving organs and tissues;

attend interconsultations;

demonstrate altruism;

select work team;

elaborate reports;

demonstrate ability to adapt language;

request hospitalization;

request additional exams;

monitor the patient's medical evolution;

request interconsultations;

prescribing immunization;

check equipment and instruments;

raise diagnostic hypotheses;

issue prescriptions;

dispatch work;

practice interventionist procedures;

supervise staff;

perform urgent and emergency care;

issue declarations;

teaching classes;

interpret data from clinical exams and complementary exams;

prepare teaching material;

demonstrate time management skills;

demonstrate ability to listen;

perform hospital visits;

participate in meetings, congresses and other scientific events;

providing preventive treatments;

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

demonstrate ability to interpret verbal and non-verbal language;

perform community health diagnosis;

demonstrate quickness of perception;

elaborate image documents;

manage financial resources;

developing procedures;

elaborate reports;

diagnose the health status of patients;

organizing continuing education courses;

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Plastic surgeon - Career description, activities, functions and salary