Roles and Responsibilities Flashcards
What is the role of a Doctor?
Provides medical care to patients within surgeries, hospitals.
What is the role of a nurse ?
Trained to carry out medical procedures and support doctors in providing treatment.
What is the role of midwives ?
Support some throughout pregnancy/birth and provide assistance with baby
What is the role of a healthcare assistant ?
Trained to support with personal care in hospitals, care homes, or patient homes.
What is the role of an occupational therapists ?
Facilitate recovery and overcome practical barriers
What are the responsibilities of a doctor ?
- Diagnosing illnesses
- Prescribing treatments
- Making referrals
- Maintaining confidentialty
What are the responsibilities of a nurse ?
- Observing patients
- Administering drugs and medication
- Providing care
- Acting as an advocate
What are the responsibilities of a midwives ?
- Supporting pregnant women
- Antenatal and postnatal care
- Assisting during labour
- Providing parenting education
What are the responsibilities of a healthcare assistant ?
- Monitoring patients
- Taking samples
- Carry out health checks
- Washing and dressing patients
What are the responsibilities of an occupational therapist ?
- Being aware of medical issues of patients
- Arranging care and support plans
- Working with MDT
What is the role of a care manager ?
Organises the day to day running of care homes, recruits safe, controls budgets, policies and procedures
What is the role of a care assistant ?
Works in day centres, residential care, support patients with personal needs, washing, feeding.
What is the role of a social worker ?
Working with people of different ages and needs, arranges help and support, protects vulnerable people
What is the role of a support worker ?
Offers support to people to help them with their day to day needs and encourage independence
What is the role of a youth worker ?
Working with those ages 11 - 25 to help them reach their goal, support encourage and monitor progress.
What are the responsibilities of a care manger ?
- Supervising staff
- Maintain records
- Following legislation
What are the responsibilities of a care assistant ?
- Caring out support
- Laintaining confidentiality
- Liaising with other health care professionals
What are the responsibilities of a social worker ?
- Managing case loads
- Keeping policies and procedure in place
- Making decisions to protect service users
What are the responsibilities of a support worker ?
- Follows instructions of health professionals
- Make observations and report concerns to the appropriate agencies
What are the responsibilities of youth worker ?
- Develop projects with young people
- Offer advice and support on a range of topics
- Act as a mentor
Healthcare settings - GPs and local health centres
- Patients go here when there is health concern
- Doctors diagnose and prescribe medication
- Primary care
Healthcare settings - Hospitals
- Receive more specialist treatment following referral by GP
- Specialist medical team with doctors
- Secondary care
Healthcare settings - Clinics
- Patients go here to receive specific treatment
- Tertiary care
Healthcare settings - Home
- Patients may be housebound
- patients are treated by community nurses, midwives, GPs
Social care setting - residential care
- Provides long term care for adults and children needing 24 hour care
- Specialist units for specific clients
Social care settings - Domiciliary care
- Care provided in a clients home
- Can be short term
Social care settings - Day care centres
- For specific client groups
- friendly and supportive environment
