Chief Medical Officer
The Chief Medical Officer is responsible for the physical health of the entire crew, but does more than patch up injured crew members. Their function is to ensure that they do not get sick or injured to begin with, and to this end monitors their health and conditioning with regular check ups. If necessary, the Chief Medical Officer can remove anyone from duty, even a Commanding Officer. Besides this they are available to provide medical advice to any individual who requests it.
Additionally the Chief is also responsible for all aspects of the medical deck, such as the Medical labs, Surgical suites and Dentistry labs.
They are also a Department Head and a member of the Senior Staff and responsible for all the crew members in their department and duty rosters.
The Chief Medical Officer is also responsible for overseeing the counseling department on smaller vessels as well as working with the medical staff of Marine detachments on those ships which have them.
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