Key Roles In Health And Social Care Flashcards
Doctor (GP)
Follows codes of practise and policies and procedures Refers to consultants ( secondary care) Diagnose and prescribe medication Helps to train junior doctors Keep accurate notes on service users Carry out specific procedures Healthy lifestyle information
Specialist doctors
A senior doctor based in hospitals who provide specialist expert healthcare support in their area
Diagnose, treat, monitor, prevent illness in specialist areas such as
Cardiologist specialist in heart diseases
Oncologist specialist in cancer
Geriatricians specialist in older people
Liase with other healthcare professionals
Nurses
Are trained to carry out medical duties at their level of seniority and specialism( hospital critical care nurse, cardiac nurse) mainly in hospitals, surgeries, clinics and homes
Monitor and care for the daily chronic and acute medical needs of patients
Support doctors in giving treatment and prescribed drugs
Work to restore health and well-being
Different types of nurses
Adult nurse - based in hospitals, clinics or GP practices or work for specialist organisations.
Plan individuals care
Carry out healthcare procedures
Treatments and evaluate their effectiveness
Promote good health and education programmes
Different types of nurses
Mental health nurses - based in hospitals , community healthcentres, day care settings, residential homes and prison
Children’s nurses or paediatric- based in hospitals and homes. Work with children with range of conditions also work closely with parents or cares to ensure the care provided meets their social, culture and family needs
Different type of nurses
Learning disability nurses - work with individuals with learning disabilities that live in communities rather than hospitals
Support individuals in schools and workplace
Ensure their personal, physical and mental health needs are meet
Specialist care is provided
Support them fulfilling and individual life
Different types of nurses
District nurses - care for people of all ages
Supporting them in their own home and residential homes
Work closely with family members and other carers
Different types of nurses
Neonatal nurses - care for new babies that are premature or sick
Managing a babies fluids
Preparing + checking medications
Recording observations + document babies care
Health visitors -based in hospitals, homes, clinics and Gp practices. Provide support for families in their early years of their children’s life from birth to the age of five
Provide advice in feeding
Carry Pitt routine check ups
Support parents in meeting the developmental needs
Different types of nurses
Practice nurses - work in Gp practices
Taking blood samples
Child immunisation programmes
Administering vaccinations for people travelling
Provide health screening for men and women and family planning advice
A school nurses - employed by they NHS or directly by the school
Prevent illness + promotes a healthy lifestyle
Carrying out health assessments
Advising schools on their public health agendas
Midwives
Supporting women through all stages of pregnancy providing both antenatal and postnatal
Helping families prepare for parenthood
Delivering babies in the maternity departments of hospitals and patients homes
Based in hospitals, communities, locals, clinics in GP practices, women homes and at children’s centres
Identifying high risk pregnancies
Healthcare assistants
Provide support for people that have difficulties with everyday tasks
Based in Gp practices, hospitals, nursing home an abs other community health care settings
Work under the guidance and with the support of qualified healthcare professionals
Taking and recording patients temperature and pulse
Weighting patients and recording results
Taking patients to the toilet
Making beds
Wishing abs dressings patients
Serving meals assisting with feeding
Social worker
Provide support for people through difficult times in their lives
Aim to ensure vulnerable people are safeguard from harm and to help people live an independence life
Work with people with disabilities, people with mental health problems and fairly elderly
Occupational therapist
Work with people of all ages who are having difficulty in carrying out the practical routines or daily life
Based in hospitals, clinics, residential care and homes
Identify issues people may have in everyday life, such as dressing, washing, shopping or working
Helping people to work out practical solutions
Youth workers
Support young people to reach their full potential + become responsible for members of society (ages of 11 and 25)
Based on your youth centres, schools and colleges
Running programmes
Running sports teams
Working with parents to support the healthy development of their children
Care assistant
Provide support for people that have difficulties with everyday tasks
Based in clients homes at day care settings, residential and nursing homes or sheltered housing complexes
Helping with personal daily care
General household tasks
Liasing with other healthy and care professionals
Communicating with other HSC professionals
