Group
Occupation
264337 Intensive Care Specialist
Latest release
OSCA - Occupation Standard Classification for Australia
Reference period
2024, Version 1.0
Released
6/12/2024
264337 Intensive Care Specialist
Investigates, diagnoses and treats patients in need of intensive and critical care.
Registration or licensing is required.
Alternative titles
- Intensive Care Medicine Specialist
- Intensivist
Skill level: 1
Main tasks
- Examines and manages critically ill patients with life-threatening organ system failure, those at risk of clinical deterioration, as well as those requiring resuscitation
- Manages patients in an intensive care or high dependency unit, and maintains precise patient records
- Monitors and adjusts ventilation settings for patients on life support, and prescribes and administers medications and treatments
- Requests laboratory tests and diagnostic procedures, and analyses results with other medical information to make diagnoses
- Oversees end-of-life care and the diagnosis of brain death