Specialist medical practitioners diagnose, treat and prevent illness, disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans, using specialized testing, diagnostic, medical, surgical, physical and psychiatric techniques, through application of the principles and procedures of modern medicine. They specialize in certain disease categories, types of patient or methods of treatment and may conduct medical education and research in their chosen areas of specialization.
Skill level:
Highly skilled
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- Salary range for the majority of workers in Specialist medical practitioners - from TSh423,584 to TSh3,414,109 per month - 2025.
- A Specialist medical practitioners typically earns between TSh423,584 and TSh978,441 gross per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between TSh565,853 and TSh1,492,508 per month for a working week of 45 hours.
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- A Hygienist, Health Officer in human health and social work activities in scale 2 with 4 years or less experience earned minimum TSh234,375.00 and maximum TSh711,500.00 per month in 2020.
