Job Description
Any Medical Officer must examine patients, review their medical history, diagnose illnesses or injuries, administer treatment, and counsel patients on their health and well-being. He/She must have the following duties and responsibilities:
Duties and responsibilities:
• Maintain regularly updated patient medical records that document all evaluations, medications, treatments, allergies, test results and other records
• Evaluate a patient’s symptoms and determine the most appropriate course of treatment to address them
• Prescribe medications in compliance with state and federal statutes and inform patients of all possible risks, complications and interference with other medications they may be taking
• Supervise and evaluate Medical Assistants to ensure full compliance with regulations and make sure that the current care program is as effective as possible
• Consult patients on topics such as proper nutrition, fitness and hygiene to assist them in making informed decisions and taking good care of their health
