General Medicine Locum Jobs
General Medicine focuses on adult medical care. It refers to the diagnosis and treatment of disease within the internal organs. As a Locum Doctor of General Medicine you will treat people aged 18 years or older who present with illness of the internal organs through methods other than surgery. This is a broad category of medicine which is why it's classified as General. Internal medicine is the slightly narrower field due to its focus on body organs.
General Medical doctors are diagnosis experts, trained through years of medical school study often identifying multiple diagnoses as disease spreading through a body involving several internal organs is not uncommon.
The General Medicine Practice team typically consists of a House Officer, Registrar and a Consultant. The consultant is the specialist, or the general medicine physician, the registrar is a doctor in training to become a specialist, and the house officer is a qualified doctor in training. Medical students may also work on the team to gain hands-on experience in general medicine.
The house officer usually sees the patients first and then presents the condition and symptoms to the consultant and registrar. The patient usually does not meet the consultant until the second day, when the whole team evaluates the patient together. Tests and treatments are usually not performed unless the consultant is present. The surgical medical team evaluates patients who have medical problems, not those with surgical problems. If a patient comes to a general medicine doctor with an illness that needs to be treated by surgery, the doctor will send the patient for further analysis and treatment.
MP Locums has a variety of locum jobs available within the General Medical directories, please highlight your preference for work in this area during your Registration process.
