Lesson 1 Flashcards
Healthcare: Doctors and specialist doctors medical responsibilities
> diagnosing illness
> prescribing treatment to promote healing and recovery
> referring patients to specialists
> liaising with multidisciplinary teams
Healthcare: Doctors and specialist doctors non-medical responsibilities
> creating and maintaining relationships of trust with patients
> observing, listening, responding
> maintaining patient records
> maintaning confidentiality
> acting in accordance with legislation
Healthcare: Nurses medical responsibilities
> observing condition of patients
> administering drugs and injections
> carrying out routine investigations
> preparing patients for operations
Healthcare: Nurses non-medical responsibilities
> providing care and counselling
> helping with recovery and rehabilitation
> writing patient care plans
> panning patient discharge from hospital
> acting as a patient advocate
Healthcare: Midwives medical responsibilities
> diagnosing, monitoring and examining pregnant women
> providing antenatal care, including screening tests
> assisting during labour
> supervising pain management
Healthcare: Midwives non-medical responsibilities
> preparing and reviewing patient care plans
> arranging and/or providing parenting and health education
> providing support and advice on the care of newborn babies
> providing support and advice following miscarriage, termination or neonatal death
> liaising with other agencies to ensure continuity of care
Healthcare: Healthcare assistants medical responsibilities
> monitoring patient conditions by taking temperature, pulse, and respiration rate
> taking blood samples
> carrying out health checks
> weighing patients
Healthcare: Healthcare assistants non-medical responsibilities
> washing and dressing patients
> helping with patient mobility
> supporting day-to-day routines
> talking to patients working under the direction of nursing staff
> supporting and delivering health education
Healthcare: Occupational therapists medical responsibilities
Being aware of acute medical conditions and how to overcome them in contexts such as Accident and Emergency and acute medicine
Healthcare: Occupational therapists non-medical responsibilities
> advising on specialist equipment to assist with daily activities
> advising on home and workplace alterations e.g. wheelchair access
> assisting people to return to work
> coaching people with learning difficulties e.g. handling money
> enabling rehabilitation
> organising support and rehabilitation groups for carers and clients
Social care: Care managers responsibilities
> day-to-day running of residential care settings
> supervising work of care assistants
> ensuring quality of care meets standards and adheres to relevant legislation
> ensuring suitable staff are available
Social care: Care managers skills, qualities and tasks
> creating and maintaining relationships of trust with residents
> maintaining accurate resident records
> observing, listening and responding to resident concerns
> maintaining confidentiality
Social care: Care assistants responsibilities
> providing appropriate daily personal care
> carrying out general household tasks
> carrying out other routine roles as required by supervisor or service user
> liaising with other health and care professionals
Social care: Care assistants skills, qualities and tasks
> working in different care settings
> observing and reporting changes in health and wellbeing of service user
> making service user feel at ease
> maintaning confidentiality
Social care: Social workers responsibilities
> managing a designated caseload
> maintaning professional registration
> Working within regulatory guidelines
> keeping informed of changes in policy and procedure
> liasising with other agencies, e.g. the police for vulnerable children
