Personal Development in the Health Sector

Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Working in the Health Sector
Unit 3: Personal development in the health sector
Assessment
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Please note that this Assessment has 8 pages and is made up of 3 parts.
Name:
Part 1: Know how to identify own personal development needs
This part will help you to evidence Learning Outcome 1: Know how to identify own
personal development needs
Learning objective Place in Assessment
1.1 Identify own skills, knowledge and attitudes relevant to a
specific work role in the health sector
Question 1 Page 1
1.2 Identify areas for development for a specific work role in
the health sector
Question 2 Page 2
1.3 Describe how these development needs could be achieved Question 2 Page 2
1.4 Identify methods to record and review development
opportunities
Question 3 Page 3
1. Identification of the skills, attitude as well as knowledge which is needed for a specific
role in health sector. The role can be of a position you currently work within or one which
that you will prefer to take in upcoming period or future. [1.1]
As the health care assistant of medical organisation, different skills and abilities which can be
enhanced are mentioned below -
Preferred Role Relevant skills
that I already
posses
Relevant
knowledge
which I already
posses
Suitable attitudes I
already posses

Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Working in the Health Sector
Unit 3: Personal development in the health sector
Information management
Leadership skills
Relationship skills:
There is need to
have proper
information that
will lead to
manage the
health care
service
operations.
: the ability to
empower and
inspire people, to
"market" ideas to
them to discuss
and encourage
collaborative
ventures.
the ability for
being self-
conscious, for
measuring self
properly, for
understanding
others with the
purpose of
promoting
contact,
teamwork
addition to team
work.
Support and
delegate: the
ability to develop
and facilitate
partnerships, the
ability to help
others to evolve,
the ability to lead
groups and to
educate others.
I am having
effective
knowledge and
skills for
managing the
organisational
skills effectively.
I have good
communication skills
and these help me to
manage the attainment
of goals and objectives.

Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Working in the Health Sector
Unit 3: Personal development in the health sector
2. Identification of essential three personal areas for the purpose of development in this role
as well as describe how to attain developments in future.
Essential Role Development Areas How can
these be
attained?
1.
Operations
2.
Analytical skills: Analytical
skills are the third major
category concerned with skills
required for
knowledge/thinking skills
which help in utilisation and
absorption of fresh content
along with use for preparation
intention or for the
development of a preparation
framework. In context to such
analytical skill category is also
comprised of three skill
groups, comprising:
Planning:
Critical Thinking:
Management:
3. Management of
technology: ability to use,
maintain or develop
emerging devices,
equipment or procedures,
experience and awareness
of recent technical
developments, whether in
computers,
information/control
systems or advanced
For a health care manager, it is important
to manage the operations of all patients
effectively.
the capacity to consider problems from
a wider viewpoint, to conceptualise, to
construct hypothesis, to forecast the
future and to create long-term strategies.
There is need
to manage the
skills
effectively for
achieving the
organisational
way of
treating
people.

Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Working in the Health Sector
Unit 3: Personal development in the health sector
machinery.
The are lot of responsibilities which have to be performed by the health care assistant. These
include following job role -
first aid – The concept of first aid is the essential factor which has to be the responsibility of
care practitioners. They have to provide first aid service to people when patients are brought
at the hospital.
Moving and handling – Patients are to be managed and handled properly while they are taken
to patient care and operation. There are few individuals who are moved from one room to
another for treatments and testing, care practitioners have to manage this responsibility.
Dealing with challenging behaviour – A health professional has to deal with various
challenges.
4. Identification of three methods that are used for recording along with reviewing
opportunities of personal development.
Opportunity of
Development
Method that are utilised
for recording together with
reviewing development
How it fosters
development?
1.
Technical abilities
2.
Information gathering
Patients record and review
can be done by using new
technologies.
There is need to manage the
health care services for
managing patients.
For analysing actual needs
Patients will be having no
problem if there is proper
record maintenance.
There is need to enhance the
way in which services are
given to manage the
functioning of operations
which help to provide
services to patients
It is concluded that there are