HCPC GUIDLINES FOR PRACTITIONERS Flashcards
HCPC GUIDLINES
Standards to follow
• Character: To join HCPC, trustworthy character references need to be obtained from people you have known for atleast 3 years (also consider criminal convictions / cautions)
• Health: regular General health updates myst be sent to HCPC (every 2 years) If you have amy conditions that will imapct on your clients , must stop immediately
HCPC GUIDLINES
Practice safely and effectively with their scope of practice
Practice safely and effectively with their scope of practice
• know the limits of their practice
• know when to seek advice or refer to another proffessional
• manage workload + resorces effectivley and practice accordingly, efficiently and safely
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Practice within legal and ethical boundaries of their proffession ☆
Practice within legal and ethical boundaries of their proffession
• to understand legislation of their proffession
• To understand and manage with boundarys, concent and other ethical issues in their proffession
• to be able to exercise a duty of care
• to respect and uphold rights
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To be able to maintain fitness to practice ☆
To be able to maintain fitness to practice
• maintain: High standards of proffesionalism, health
• Demonstrate that skills and knowlege is up to date
• to manage physical, psychological and emotional impact of the practice
• ofload and deal with what was told to you personaly so it dosnt effect you
• Have a degree of empathy so can understand and emthasise with patient
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Practice as an autonomous professional exercising iwn proffessional judgement ☆
Practice as an autonomous professional exercising iwn proffessional judgement
• To be able to assess situations and alter treatment/ procedure if nessasary by showing initiative
• be responsible for these decesions to change t/p
• to be able to receive and make referals
• to partake in training, supervision and mentoring
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Awarness on the impact of culture , equality and diversity on practice
Awarness on the impact of culture , equality and diversity on practice
• To understand the impact of differences in: gender, sexuality, ethnicitt, culture, religion, age, psychological wellbeing/behaviour
• to be able to adapt the procedure of the practice to meet the needs of different groups/ indivisuals (e.g. if say diet then account for some religions not eating pork)
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Practice in a non-discriminatory mannor ☆
Practice in a non-discriminatory mannor
• to be able to do practice without discrimination of: Age, sexuality, ethnicity, background, culture or race ect.
• e.g. do not jude an offeder based on their background/ what they did
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To understand the importance of and be able to maintain confidentiality
To understand the importance of and be able to maintain confidentiality
• recognise the limits of confidentiality
• recognise when to appropriatly/ effectivly use private info (e.g. health/ social care issues)
• recognise where and how its appropriate to breach in certain situations and how to do so safely
• some info must remain lrivate while some info shouldnt be kept private due to the risk and severity of keeping it that way (e.g. a client says they are going to kill someone)
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To communicate effectively ☆
To communicate effectively
• To be able to communicate clearly and effectively
• to be able to do/ understand both verbal and non verbal communication
• to be able to communicate to the level 7 standard of Emglish Language testinh system, with no element lower than level 6.5
• To be able to communicate complex ideas in a condensed appropriate form (feedback)
• use interpriters when nessasary
• to have empathy during communication so patient more relaxed and open
• E.g. communicate clearly and efficientaly with: parol officers, with the patients family, sopport teams and mental health teams
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To be able to work appropriately with others ☆
To be able to work appropriately with others
• to be able to plan/ implement/ deliver work/ teacher training for knowlege/ skills / procedure to learners/ non proffessionals to your team
• work well/ efficiently alone or with others ( Team, staff, proffessionals ect.) in a relationship proffesionaly
• E.g. Working with paroll officers, prison forensics team, mental health team ect.
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To Maintain records Appropriately ☆
To Maintain records Appropriately
• To be able to keep/ manage accurate, full, detailed records/ info in line with Law, protocall and guidlines ect.
• E.g. criminal records, health records, anger outburst records, medication records ect.
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To be able to reflect on and review practice
To be able to reflect on and review practice
• to be able to reflect/ review criticaly in practice
• to be able to consider other ways of working (procedure or practice)
• to be able to record the outcome of this relfection
• (Review and conclude your practice criticaly + consider other ways to do it and then record your review)
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To be able to Assure quality of their practice
To be able to Assure quality of their practice
• To be able to gather quality and scientific, evidence based info (Qualitive/ Quantitive data) for a evaluation of ppts response to the experience
• to be able to revise procedure when nessasary
• to be able to moniter/ evaluate quality of the practice to ensure its relevence/ value to the research
• e.g. Quality assurance programs
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To understand key concepts of the knowledge base relevant to their proffession
To understand key concepts of the knowledge base relevant to their proffession
• to understand the structure/ function/ principles of the human body. Including Health and wellbeing and dissease ect. relevent to their domain ( e.g. forensic psychologist so dna and genes)
• to understand proffesionals roles relevant to their work in their domaine
• to know the application of scientific enquiry e.g. procedures?
• to understand theoretical basis and appreoaches to assessment and intervention e.g. Councilling Sessions
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To be able to draw on appropriate knowlege and skills to inform practice
To be able to draw on appropriate knowlege and skills to inform practice
• To be able to apply psychology across different concepts with evidence based theoretical modles and manage time, resorces, interventions, logical/ systematic approaches to problem solving effectively
• to assess, judge and generalise appropriate info with different modles/ procedures to Change practice, taking account for developments/ changing contexts
