Doctors are the nation’s healthcare professionals. This article discusses Ghanaian Doctors’ salaries.
Ghanaian physicians’ salaries?
Doctor strikes show this. Most individuals believe physicians worldwide earn well.
Ghanaian physicians are on the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS) like other institutions. Senior doctors earn GHC 3600 and specialists GHC 5000 monthly before taxes.
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Allowances supplement their monthly salary. Allowance breakdown:
40% of the baseline wage for housing.
On-call duty facilitation allowance—20% of base salary
Clothing allowance—30% of the basic salary
Book allowance—30% of base pay
Utility allowance—20% of base pay
Professional allowance—50% of base pay
30% risk allowance
Maintenance of 20% of pay
Here is an overview of the other jobs related to the medical field in Ghana.
| Chief of Surgery | 20,593 GHS |
| Clinical Microbiologist | 5,032 GHS |
| Clinical Molecular Geneticist | 5,798 GHS |
| Clinical Neuropsychologist | 5,790 GHS |
| Dental Assistant | 3,256 GHS |
| Dental Hygienist | 3,315 GHS |
| Dental Laboratory Technician | 3,464 GHS |
| Dental Receptionist | 3,546 GHS |
| Dental Technician | 3,312 GHS |
| Dental Therapist | 5,995 GHS |
| Dentist | 11,780 GHS |
| Dermatologist | 17,838 GHS |
| Diagnostic Medical Sonographer | 5,015 GHS |
| Dietetic Technician | 3,477 GHS |
| Dietitian | 11,248 GHS |
| Director of Medical Staff Services | 7,075 GHS |
| Discharge Coordinator | 3,860 GHS |
| Dispensing Optician | 4,333 GHS |
| District Nurse | 3,867 GHS |
| Doctor | 11,719 GHS |
| Dosimetrist | 6,446 GHS |
| General Medical Practitioner | 9,209 GHS |
| Genetic Counselor | 7,854 GHS |
| Head Nurse | 4,408 GHS |
| Health Compliance Director | 6,490 GHS |
| Health Economist | 5,610 GHS |
| Health Information Manager | 5,828 GHS |
| Health Services Manager | 6,864 GHS |
| Health Systems Specialist | 5,012 GHS |
| Health Technologist | 5,228 GHS |
| Health Unit Coordinator | 3,343 GHS |
| Healthcare Assistant | 3,757 GHS |
| Healthcare Consultant | 5,413 GHS |
| Healthcare Data Analyst | 5,416 GHS |
| Hearing Aid Specialist | 5,124 GHS |
| Home Nurse | 3,713 GHS |
| ICU Registered Nurse | 3,872 GHS |
| Immunologist | 8,919 GHS |
| Intake Coordinator | 3,786 GHS |
| Internist | 15,044 GHS |
| Medical Administrator | 4,178 GHS |
| Medical Assistant | 3,447 GHS |
| Medical Biller | 3,116 GHS |
| Medical Billing Clerk | 3,262 GHS |
| Medical Billing Specialist | 4,001 GHS |
| Medical Coder | 3,510 GHS |
| Medical Courier | 2,697 GHS |
| Medical Director | 10,919 GHS |
| Medical Records Coding Manager | 5,406 GHS |
| Medical Records Director | 5,929 GHS |
| Medical Records Transcriptionist | 3,069 GHS |
| Medical Scribe | 3,801 GHS |
| Medical Secretary | 2,895 GHS |
| Medical Staff Services Specialist | 4,513 GHS |
| Medical Technologist | 3,943 GHS |
| Medication Aide | 3,622 GHS |
| Mental Health Aide | 3,739 GHS |
| Mental Health Nurse | 3,647 GHS |
| Mental Health Technician | 3,708 GHS |
| Mental Health Therapist | 8,288 GHS |
| Mental Health Worker | 3,718 GHS |
| Mobile Phlebotomist | 3,603 GHS |
| MRI Technologist | 3,945 GHS |
| Nurse | 3,760 GHS |
| Nurse Educator | 4,397 GHS |
| Nurse Midwife | 4,394 GHS |
| Nurse Practitioner | 4,069 GHS |
| Nursing Assistant | 3,562 GHS |
| Nursing Coordinator | 4,175 GHS |
| Nursing Director | 5,608 GHS |
| Nursing Services Instructor | 4,262 GHS |
| Nursing Supervisor | 4,416 GHS |
| Patient Services Director | 7,144 GHS |
| Patient Sitter | 2,899 GHS |
| Pediatrician | 12,081 GHS |
| Perfusionist | 12,303 GHS |
| Periodontist | 14,033 GHS |
| Perioperative Aide | 3,999 GHS |
| Personal Support Worker | 2,954 GHS |
| Phlebotomist | 8,266 GHS |
| Physical Therapist | 7,633 GHS |
| Physical Therapy Aide | 3,164 GHS |
| Physical Therapy Assistant | 3,106 GHS |
| Physical Therapy Director | 9,556 GHS |
| Physician | 12,717 GHS |
| Physician Assistant | 7,759 GHS |
| Physiotherapist | 8,496 GHS |
| Podiatrist | 9,081 GHS |
| Practice Manager | 5,944 GHS |
| Pre-Authorization Case Manager | 4,922 GHS |
| Preventive Medicine Physician | 11,317 GHS |
| Surgeon | 15,957 GHS |
| Surgeon – Burn | 15,056 GHS |
| Surgeon – Cardiothoracic | 20,340 GH |
Who Is A Doctor?
Doctors treat patients. Hospitals, clinics, and healthcare facilities have them.
Ghanaian doctor training?
Medical school begins at senior secondary school. Doctors must take science. If you fit this, you study medicine in university.
You have life science core credits. Math, English, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. These allow you to study medicine at any Ghanaian university.
To get in, you must ace their entrance examinations.
You get a Bachelor of Medicine after six years of intense academic coursework. After that, you begin residency training and horsemanship and district rotation. The Ministry of Health requires this for a year to practice medicine.
Obtaining a Ministry of Health license completes the doctorate process. Foreign-trained doctors must pass specific tests to practice medicine in Ghana.
Duties of a Ghanaian Doctor
Ghanaian doctors prescribe medications.
Ghanaian doctors do post-treatment follow-ups.
Doctors vowed patient secrecy.
Ghanaian doctor requirements
Medical degree.
Residency.
Houseman-ship.
Medical license.
Ghana Medical and Dental Council certification is required.