Urological surgeon - Salary and Career
Doctors in surgical specialties

Urological surgeon - 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 Urological surgeon earn

A Urological surgeon earns between $1.657 and $11.102 per month, with an average monthly salary of $4.502 and a median salary of $3.839 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 120 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).


Salary ranges for the Urological surgeon

Monthly Salary Annual Salary Salary Per Week Hourly Salary
Average wage 4.502 54.026 1.126 34
1º Quartile 1.657 19.890 414 13
Median Salary 3.839 46.069 960 29
3º Quartile 8.467 101.601 2.117 64
Higher Salary 11.102 133.223 2.775 84


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 Urological surgeon

Doctors in surgical specialties must:

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

  • Activities

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


    Sectors that hire Urological surgeon the most in the job market

    • hospital care activities
    • service activities in emergency room and hospital units for emergency care
    • general public administration
    • assisted human reproduction activities
    • health management support activities
    • outpatient medical activity restricted to consultations
    • support activities for education
    • other human health care activities
    • accounting activities
    • outpatient care activities




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