264342 Neurologist

Registration or licensing is required.

Paediatric Neurologists are included in this occupation.

This occupation has a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.

Australia

• Skill Level 1: Bachelor Degree, higher qualification, or at least five years of relevant experience

New Zealand

• Skill Level 1: Bachelor Degree, higher qualification, or at least five years of relevant experience

• Assesses, diagnoses, and manages patients presenting with neurological issues
• Performs various examination techniques to assess patients presenting with neurological issues
• Requests appropriate laboratory tests, neuroimaging techniques, and other diagnostic procedures, and interprets results of tests
• Interprets the results of neuropathology investigations
• Selects and prescribes appropriate medications in the management of neurological diseases
• Liaises and consults with a multidisciplinary team for optimised neurological treatment
• Provides prognosis in untreatable neurological conditions, and provides support to family and patients to manage end-of-life care