Examines forensic clients, patients, or inmates and diagnoses their illness and prescribes and administers medical treatment; performs or assists in performing major and minor surgical operations and autopsies; supervises pre-and postoperative care of surgical cases; assists in the selection of forensic clients, patients, or inmates for electric and insulin shock therapy and antiluetic treatments; orders laboratory examinations and analyses, x-rays, and special diets; writes prescriptions; makes rounds of the wards and reviews reports, records, and general progress of forensic clients, patients, or inmates; instructs and supervises physicians and surgeons, nurses, technicians, and personnel assigned for special training; attends and participates in staff conferences for the discussion of the surgical, medical, and mental condition of various forensic clients, patients, or inmates and their final diagnoses and treatment; as assigned, makes routine psychiatric examinations and administers psychiatric treatment; keeps or supervises the keeping of records and case histories; prepares reports and related correspondence; serves periodically as officer-of-the-day; and observes and intervenes in instances of disruptive or assaultive behavior.
Assists staff in the counting, distribution, and accounting for all utensils to prevent their use as weapons; inspecting facility to identify security breaches that could lead to forensic client, patient, or inmate escape; and observing and intervening in forensic client, patient, or inmate behavior that may signal an impending escape attempt.
