Members of the Team Flashcards
What does PHCT stand for?
Primary Health Care Team
What are the members of a traditional PHCT?
GP partners GP assistants and other salaried doctors GP registrars Practice nurses Practice managers Receptionists Community nurses Midwives Health visitors Nurse practitioners
Describe the role of a GP partner
Consultations in surgery
Home visits
Independent contractors to the NHS = provide adequate premises from which to practice, employing their own staff
Describe the role of a practise nurse
Direct supervision of healthcare assistants at the practice
Obtaining blood samples
ECGs
Minor and complex wound management including leg ulcers
Travel health advice and vaccinations
Child immunisations and advice
Family planning and women’s health including cervical smears
Men’s health screening
Sexual health services
Smoking cessation
Describe the role of a district nurse
Visit people in their own homes or residential care homes
Provide complex care for patients and support family members
Teaching and support role to help patients care for themselves/family members
Keep hospital admissions to a minimum
Assess healthcare needs of patients and families
Describe the role of a midwife
Care during all stages of pregnancy labour and early postnatal periods
Work in community, providing services in women’s homes, local clinics, children’s centres, GP surgeries, hospital based
Describe the role of a health visitor
Lead and deliver child and family health services (pregancy-5yrs)
Offer parental support/advice
New birth visits and advice on feeding, weaning and dental health
Physical and development checks
Referring families to specialists e.g. speech and language therapists
Ongoing additional services for vulnerable children and families
Contribute to safeguarding and protecting children
Describe the role of a Macmillan Nurse
Specialise in cancer and palliative care
Support and information for those with cancer
Specialised pain and symptom control
Emotional support
Care in variety of settings
Information about treatments and side effects
Advice to other members of MDT
Coordinated care between hospital and patient’s home
Advice on other support e.g. financial
What are examples of allied health professionals?
Physiotherapy Occupational therapy Dietetics Podiatry Pharmacy Counselling
Describe the role of a pharmacist
Expert in medicines and their use
Working to ensure patients get maximum benefits from their medicines
Advice medical and nursing staff on selection and appropriate use of medicines
Provide information to patients on how to manage their medicines
Can take training to prescribe medicines
Describe the role of a dietician
Enable people to make informed and practical choices about food and lifestyle in health and disease
Work with people with special dietary needs
Informing the public about nutrition
Offering unbiased advice
Evaluating and improving treatments
Educating healthcare professionals
Describe the role of a physiotherapist
Help and treat people with physical problems caused by illness, accident or ageing
Maximise movements through health promotion, preventative healthcare, treatment and rehabilitation
Manual therapy, therapeutic exercise, application of electro-physical modalities
Describe the role of a occupational therapist
Assessment and treatment of physical and psychiatric conditions using specific activity to prevent disability and promote independent function in daily life
What are selected secondary care services that PHCT might ask to get involved?
Hospital consultants
Diagnostic imaging
Operating services
Describe the role of a care manager
Experts in working with individuals to identify their goals and locate the specific support services that enhance well-being
Highly trained social worker who work with the patient to advise on social and financial support services