The Practice and its Team Flashcards
Members of traditional primary healthcare team
GP partners GP assistants and salaried doctors GP registrars Practice nurses Practice managers Receptionists Community nurses Midwives Health visitors Nurse practitioners
GP partner role
First point of patient contact
Consultations and home visits
Provide complete spectrum of community care - physical, psychological and social components of problems
Work with other professions in teams to help patients take responsibility for health
Responsible for providing adequate premises from which to practice and employing own staff
Practice nurse role
Work in GP surgeries and as part of PHCT Direct supervision of practice health care assistants Blood samples ECG Minor and complex wound management Travel health advice and vaccinations Child immunisations and advice Family planning and women's health Men's health screening Sexual health services Smoking cessation
District nurse role
Visit patients in own homes or residential care homes
Provide increasingly complex care for patients and supporting family members
Teaching and support role
Accountable for own caseloads
Keep hospital admissions and readmissions to a minimum and ensure patient return to own home ASAP
Assess healthcare needs of patients and families
Monitor quality of care receiving
Professionally accountable for delivery of care
Midwife role
Provide care during all stages of pregnancy, labour and early postnatal period
Work in community providing services in women’s homes, local clinics, children’s centres and GP surgeries
Work in hospital in antenatal, labour, postnatal and neonatal units
Health visitor role
Lead and deliver child and family health services
Work with parents to assess support needs ad develop appropriate programs to give child best start to life
Support and educate families from pregnancy to 5th birthday
Work closely with other professionals and retain overview of health and well-being
Provide ongoing additional services for vulnerable children and families
Contribute to multidisciplinary team services in safeguarding and protecting children
MacMillan nurse role
Specialise in cancer and palliative care, provide support and information to people with cancer and family, friends and carers from point of diagnosis onwards
Offer specialised pain and symptoms control, emotional support, care in variety of settings, information about treatments and side effects, advice on members of care team, co-ordinated care, advice on other forms e.g. financial support
Pharmacist role
Expert in medicines and their use
Work in hospital, community or primary care pharmacies to ensure patients get maximum benefit of medicines
Advise medical and nursing staff
Provide information to patients
Undertake additional training to prescribe for specific conditions
Dietician role
Interpretation and communication of nutrition science to enable informed and practical choices about food and lifestyle in health and disease
Work with people with special dietary needs
Inform public about nutrition
Offer unbiased advice
Evaluate and improve treatments
Patient/client education
Physiotherapist role
Help and treat people with physical problems caused by illness, accident or raging
Manual therapy
Therapeutic exercise
Application of electro-physical modalities
Appreciation of psychological, cultural and social factors influencing clients
Occupational therapist role
Assessment and treatment of physical and psychiatric conditions using specific activity to prevent disability and promote independent function Work with patients to help overcome effects of disability caused by physical or psychological illness, accident or ageing Physical rehabilitation Mental health services Learning disability Primary care Paediatrics Environmental adaptation Care engagement Equipment for family living
Selected secondary care services
Hospital consultants
Diagnostic imaging
Operating services
Factors affecting primary health care team
Economic
Politcal
Development of new and extended professional roles
Growing number of ageing patients
Principles of good team work
Recognise and include patient/carer/representative as essential member of PHCT at patient-centred team or practice level
Agree team working conditions
Ensure each member understands and acknowledges skills and knowledge of team members
Pay particular importance to communication between members
Select leader of team
Promote teamwork
Evaluate team working initiatives on basis of sound evidence
Ensure sharing of patient info is in accordance with current legal and professional requirements
Take active steps to facilitate inter-professional collaboration and understanding
Be aware of other measures involving national organisations, education, research and general guidance which impact on team working
Who leads chronic disease management?
Practice nurse
