A1 Roles Of People Who Work In Health Care Settings Flashcards
General practitioner
The first point of contact for someone feeling unwell.
Responsibilities:
Diagnose an individuals illness
Discuss and agree a treatment plan
Prescribe appropriate medication or treatment
Monitor the impact of the agreed treatment
Doctors
Hospital Doctors provide specialist medical care.
Responsibilities:
Cardiologist: Heart Disease
Psychiatrists: Mental Health Problems
Oncologists: Cancer
Paediatrician: Children
Geriatrician: Older People
Nurses
Provide expert consultancy service to patients and their carers.
Responsibilities:
preparing and checking medications
Supervising parents
Recording observations & documenting care
Provide health education and conduct home visits
Midwives
A midwife is a health professional who cares for mothers and newborns around child birth, a specialisation known as midwifery.
Responsibilities:
Provide support during pregnancy and labour.
Provide updates on baby development etc
Support couple with birthing plan
Provide parenting sessions/ provide support with caring for a baby
Observe mother and partner feeding, bathing and changing the baby.
Health Care Assistants
Healthcare Assistants make sure the patient experience is as comfortable and stress free as possible.
Responsibilities:
Assessment and care planning
Promote healthy lifestyle choices
Provide support with day to day living/ support routines.
Provide equipment and adaptations
Safeguarding/ following appropriate policies and procedures/ anti discriminatory practice
Occupational Therapist
They use therapeutic techniques to improve, rehabilitate, or maintain a patients motor skills and overall ability to perform everyday activities
Responsibilities:
Evaluating patients condition and needs.
Developing treatment plans to address a patients needs and help them meet specific goals.
Assessing a patients home/ and work environment and recommending adaptations to fit the patients needs and improve independence.
Training patients and their caregivers to use special equipment.
Assessing and documenting progress for evaluation, billing, and reporting purposes.
Care Manager
Care managers are professionals who provide comprehensive and coordinated care to individuals in need.
Responsibilities:
meet legislative requirements by putting in place policies and procedures.
Plan to meet the needs of service users recruiting suitable staff
Make sure staff vary out their work to a high standard by providing training.
Provide equipment.
address any issues by responding to eternal inspection reports/complaints
Key term: Preventative care
Preventative care means taking steps to avoid getting sick or injured by staying healthy through check-ups, screenings, and healthy habits.
Preventative Provisions
Healthcare Education
Vaccination Programs
Skills Needed For Professions
Skills needed for professions
-Written communication
-Keeping accurate records
-Organisation - being on time
-Math skills giving accurate medication
-Verbal/listening/interpersonal
-Communication keeping patients informed
-Empathy showing understanding
-Patient/calm dealing with challenging situation
-Team working liaising with other professionals/care planning
-Observation for assessment
