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Hospital doctor (consultant) |
A senior doctor who provides specialist care and support in their area of expertise |
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GP |
A doctor who doesn’t specialise in a specific branch of medicine but provides ongoing treatment and preventative care |
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Nurse |
Provides expert consultancy care to patients. They contribute to the management and development of care provision. Types: Adult, district, mental health, neonatal, children’s, GP, learning disability. |
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Midwives |
A healthcare professional who assists and supports a women and family through pregnancy. Pregnancy, Labour and post partum |
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Health care assistant |
Work under the guidance and support of healthcare professional. Work in: GPS, hospitals, nursing homes and other community settings |
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Social worker |
Provide help and support for people of all ages through hard times. They aim to safeguard the most vulnerable people from harm and help them live independently |
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Occupational therapist |
Work with people who have difficulty in doing daily tasks. Will work with the individual by having activities that meet the service users need. |
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Youth workers |
Work with young people (11-25). They aim to support them to reach their full potential and to become more responsible. |
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Care assistants |
Give care and support to people who have difficulty with daily activities. Work in: homes, day centres, nursing homes, supported housing |
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Care managers |
Responsible for the routine running of the residential care settings including employing and managing staff |
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Support workers |
Work under provision of other healthcare professionals. They identify what is needed to help the individual. |
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What are the main H+SC policies and procedures? |
Health and safety policy, equality& diversity, medication policy, safeguarding, DBS, death of residents procedure, complaints policy |
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Rehabilitation |
The process of restoring a person to good health after surgery, an accident, illness or an addiction |
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Complementary therapies |
A range of treatments made to treat the whole of a person rather than their symptoms |
