Oncologist Duties & Responsibilities
The role and function of an Oncologist includes the following duties and responsibilities:
- Providing specific cancer information to patients;
- Explaining cancer development stages to patients, discuss treatment options and assist in pain management
- Examining and talking to patients to diagnose their medical conditions;
- Making cancer diagnoses;
- Performing surgical operations to remove tumors and determine whether the cancer has spread from the original starting point.
- Coordinating treatment plans and prescribing various types of treatment, including chemotherapy and immunotherapy.
- Treating patients with radiation therapy.
- Monitoring treatment plans and improving patients’ quality of life
- Teaching junior doctors and medical students, as well as auditing and research.
- Liaising with other medical and non-medical staff in the hospital to ensure quality treatment;
- Promoting health education;
- Monitoring and providing general care to patients on hospital wards and in outpatient clinics;
- Working with other doctors as part of a team, either in the same department or within other specialties;
- Keeping records of patients’ test results and physical examinations;
Note that this is not an exhaustive list of Oncologist duties and responsibilities. Job functions for specific Oncologist roles may vary, depending on the industry and type of employer.
