A1- Roles in H+SC Flashcards
Health and social care workers
- doctors
- nurses
- midwives
- healthcare assistant
- social worker
- occupational therapist
- youth workers
- care managers
- care assistant
- support worker
Role
someone’s position or function in a situation/society
Responsibility
the state/fact of being accountable for something
Doctors
First point of contact
- caring for illness
- diagnose illness
- give medication and treatment
- provide health care education
Different types of Doctors
Cardiologist = Heart
Psychiatrist = Mental health
Oncologist = Cancer
Paediatrician = Children
Geriatrician = Older people
Different types of Nurses
Nurse Practitioner = teaches others
Adult Nurse = any age, physical illness
Mental Health Nurse = build relationships
Paediatric Nurse = children’s health needs
Learning Disability Nurse = prolong life
District Nurse = assess needs
Neonatal Nurse = treat premature
GP Nurse = minor treatment
School Nurse = young people
Nurse practioner
- expert consultancy
- develop care provision
- train other staff
Adult nurse
- all ages + long/short physical illness
- improve quality of life
- build trust
- work in: hospitals, GP surgery, nursing homes
Mental Health Nurse
- build relationships (user + family)
- identify high risk patients
- work in: hospitals, outpatient, ward
Paediatric Nurse
- support family
- children with specific needs
- minimise impact in later life
- work in: hospitals, day care, home, clinic
Learning Disability Nurse
- prolong life, ensure fulfilled
- maintain physical + mental health
- promote independence, minus barriers
- work with all ages
- work in: wards, homes, workplace, prison
District Nurse
- assess needs, monitor QOL
- any age (mostly old)
- visit daily, support role
Neonatal Nurse
- treat premature
- support parents
- record observations
- document care
- medication
Health Visitor
- nurses/ midwives promoting health
- assess needs
- age 0-5 deprived
General Practice Nurse
- work in GP surgeries
- always have supervision
- administer minor treatment
School Nurse
- improve well being of young people
- school, home, community
- health assessments
Midwives
midwives support women through all stages of their pregnancy
Antenatal Care
care to mother and baby BEFORE birth
Postnatal Care
care to mother and baby AFTER birth
Roles of a Midwife
- identify high risk pregnancies
- delivering babies anywhere
- monitor + support mom in labour
- teach new mom to feed
- help families prepare
Situations + Complications
Situation
- homelessness
- teenage pregnancy
- disabilities
Complication
- still birth
- miscarriage
- termination
- neonatal death
Healthcare assistant
work alongside qualified nurses in GP practices, hospitals and community
- take/record temp + HR
- weigh patients
- take patients to the toilet
- make beds
- wash + dress patient
- serve meals
Social Worker
Provide support for people of all ages through difficult times, help vulnerable people be independent
- children
- disabilities
- Mental Health
- Elderly
- part of a multidisciplinary team
- make decision, document, assess
- 24 hour cover
- appear at court
Occupational Therapists
work with all ages who are having difficulty carrying out daily life routine
- make plans to overcome barriers
- patient usually has a disability or illness
Youth worker
Help young people age 11-25 reach their full potential
- work in: youth centres, school, college
- they deliver programmes on smoking, drugs, alcohol etc
Care assistant
provide help to those struggling with daily activities
- carries out plan made by occupational therapist
- washing, dressing, toilet, feeding
- pay bills, write letters
- house chores
- ensuring needs are met, monitored
- support care and planning
Care manager
manage provision of residential care for:
- adults with learning difficulty
- older people in care homes
- people receiving hospice care
Run the residential care
- find suitable staff, budget, meet standards
- manage + supervise care assistants
Support workers
Implement plan made by social workers
- work under supervision of professionals
- can provide parenting + financial skills
