TB & Chestmonitor and provide general care to patients on hospital wards and in outpatient clinicsadmit patients requiring special care, followed by investigations and treatmentexamine and talk to patients to diagnose their medical conditionscarry out specific procedures, e.g. performing operations and specialist investigationsmake notes and prepare paperwork, both as a legal record of treatment and for the benefit of other healthcare professionalswork with other doctors as part of a team, either in the same department or within other specialtiesliaise with other medical and non-medical staff in the hospital to ensure quality treatmentpromote health educationundertake managerial responsibilities such as planning the workload and staffing of the department, especially at more senior levelsteach and supervise junior doctors and medical studentscarry out auditing and research.