Understanding Communicable & Non-Communicable Diseases

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EMPLOYABILITY
SKILLS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1: Self-Appraisal FORM ...............................................................................................................3
TASK 2: Continuous professional development ....................................................................................13
Conclusion ..............................................................................................................................................18
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INTRODUCTION
Employability skills are related to learning, abilities and other competencies that assist individual to get good job position in the desired
industry. These skills are important for ensuring career growth and success. It further involves various skills including corporate communication,
analytical, technical, self-learning, management and other interpersonal skills that are important for getting and being successful in a job. With
these skills, one can be in charge of its own career (Jackling and Natoli, 2015). In the present report, various aspects of employability skills will
be explained. Further, in this report roles and responsibility of health care professional will be explained with the help of self-appraisal form. In
order to conduct this study, National health service (NHS) has been selected. It is a publicly funded organization whose aim is to provide free
medical and care services to the citizens of UK.
TASK 1: SELF-APPRAISAL FORM
Table 1
Column A
Key responsibilities at work and
Performance objectives at work
1.1
Column B
Evaluate your own
effectiveness against
your objectives
1.2
Column C
Make
recommendations for
your own
improvement 1.3
Column D
Effective motivational
techniques you use at work 1.4
Column E
Communication skills needed at
work 2.2
In order to perform the work
assigned to me in NHS as
practitioner physiotherapist, it is
important for me to determine a
set of own responsibilities and
performance objectives. With
this aspect, I can perform my
work in a systematic and
planned manner and ensure
continuous growth in my career
(Andrews and Russell, 2012).
Furthermore, different roles and
responsibilities of me as a health
care professional are listed
below:
To ensure continuous
learning and progress in
my career, it is important
for me to determine own
effectiveness against
defined objectives. It will
further assist me in
attaining my work
objectives smoothly and
effectively (Bailly and
Léné, 2013). However, to
evaluate my own
effectiveness, I can take
the help of 360 degree
appraisal.
By considering
360 degree appraisal
form and SWOT
analysis, following
recommendations will
help me in attaining
my personal goals
inclined with
professional
objectives:
With one year of practicing
experience in the field of
physiotherapist at NHS, I have
enhanced my learning in
various fields and gained
expertise (Jacklin and Natoli,
2015). By considering 1 year
of my performance in NHS , it
has been identified that I can
handle small physiotherapist
case independently without
help of superiors.
Descried below are the
various communication ways that
can be used by me to
communicate with service users,
managers and coworkers
effectively:
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Roles and Responsibilities:
 To work under my senior
physiotherapist and
follow the directions and
guidance given by him or
her (Role of
physiotherapist in
national health care
reform).
 To meet the expertise
standards set by NHS for
its health care
professionals.
 To ensure the my health
care practices are within
the health care
regulations act framed by
government of UK
(Cassidy-Rice, 2014).
360 degree appraisal:
It is a self-appraisal
technique used by
individual to assess their
own performance
(Joanna, 2014.). In this
respect, employees can
take feedback from their
subordinates, superiors
and coworkers in NHS
regarding their
performance and work in
health care organization
(Fleenor, 2011.). Further,
an individual can also
take feedback from
patients, their family etc
and do self-analysis.
Further, this will help
individual in doing a
critical evaluation of own
self. With this aspect,
practitioner
 To improve
my written
and oral
communicatio
n skills by
attending
training
programs.
 To amend my
team working
skills and stay
team oriented.
In this respect,
I can take part
in group
discussion,
voluntarily
give
presentation
and participate
Further, my self confidence has
improved a lot. However, I am
looking forward for my
performance appraisal and
promotion as associate
physiotherapist. However, for
this aspect, it is important for
me to improve quality of my
performance. For this aspect, I
can use self motivation
techniques and link my
personal goals with
organizational goal. Thereafter,
I can remember the past
achievements in my career that
will help boost my morale and
induce me to work hard.
Further, I can use self-
motivation techniques like,
setting goals, performance
review etc. The goal setting
will help me in remembering
the objectives that I have to
attain. I will direct my efforts
Service users: Its my duty to
communicate effectively and
efficiently with the service users.
I have to ensure that I
communicate with them in polite
yet firm manner so they take my
instructions seriously like, intake
of medicine, injection, avoidance
of liquor and smoke etc. face to
face communication method can
be used by me to communicate
with my patients and their family.
I should ensure that I am polite
and respectful while
communicating.
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 To give proper advice to
my subordinates, juniors
and various professional
bodies on the basis of my
experience.
 To ensure proper support
and advice to my patients
and their family
members.
 To communicate in a
respectful and courteous
manner with my co-
workers, superiors and
patients.
 To ensure my medical
practice are in the best
interests of my patients.
 To have proper
knowledge and
understanding about the
prevailing laws
applicable to my
profession (Bailly and
physiotherapist can
identify their own
loopholes and take
effective measures to
improve their own
performance.
in brain
storming
sessions.
and competencies towards
attaining the set goals and
objectives.
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Léné, 2013).
 To maintain supreme
standards of personal and
professional conduct.
 To maintain the trust of
patients and their
relatives by keeping the
information confidential.
Hence, from considering the
above goals and objectives, I
will be able to perform my work
in a better manner. These will
further assist me in
understanding the need and
significance of continuous
learning in career development.
Thereby, I will be able to
exercise a professional duty of
care in the respect of service
users. Further, by considering the
health care rules and regulations,
I will be able to work as per the
prevalent legislative practices
Hence, I have taken help
of 360 degree appraisal
form to critically
evaluate my own
performance (Fleenor,
2011). In this respect, I
have reviewed my own
performance and taken
feedback from superior,
subordinate, patients and
their family members. It
is explained below:
 To amend my
team working
skills and stay
team oriented.
In this respect,
I can take part
in group
discussion,
voluntarily
give
Further, to attain the
objectives, I can measure my
performance. This will further
help me in identifying my
weak points and other hurdles
in the way of attaining the
goals. However, I should learn
from my past mistakes and
ensure I don't repeat them in
future.
Coworkers: To communicate
effectively with coworkers, I can
take help of team meetings,
emails and direct communication.
Further, I can use
telecommunications and instant
messaging. With this aspect, I can
share case of patients and take
guidance of them. Also, I can
inform them about medical
emergency case instantly through
cellphone.
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and meet the professional code
of conduct.
presentation
and participate
in brain
storming
sessions.
 To improve
listening skills
and ensure
clarity about
the needs and
wants of
others. I can
attend seminar
and listen to
knowledge
imparted by
medical
professionals.
Performance Objectives On the basis of my
self-assessment form I
have identified that I
posses various weakness
and strengths that affect
my efficiency while
performing various task.
 To reduce
work stress by
dividing work
load among
peers and
subordinates.
To take part in
meditation and
yoga that will
Managers: It is important for me
to keep my manager informed
about the patients health, reaction
of drugs/medicines, or shortage of
important medicine or blood unit
in NHS. For this aspect, I can use
email, formal letters, MS
Outlook, telecommunications etc.
further I can also express my
view points, suggestions etc in
meetings and presentations.
However, in case of urgency
telecommunications is best.
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assist me in
reducing work
stress.
 To ensure
proper
guidance to
subordinates
and motivate
them by
rendering
monetary and
non-monetary
incentives.
Specific : The key objective of
me is to enhance my knowledge
in the area of musculoskeletal
injuries.
Strength:
1. Interpersonal
relationships
2. Decision making
skills
3. Positive personal
trait
4. Self-evaluation
5. Effectiveness in
handling
emergency cases
Further, in next
appraisal I can
improve my self-
learning skills by
reading books,
journals and other
literature. I can assist
my superiors in
solving complex
medical case. Further,
I can improve my
ability to operate
modern medical tools
and techniques like
traction system,
hydrotherapy
equipment, electro
therapy, heat and cold
therapy instruments
etc. Therefore, in next
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session I need to focus
on improving my
technical skills.
Measurable: To measure my
performance, I can prepare work
sheet of service users and will
have interrogatory sessions with
them twice in a week.
Weakness
1. Team working
skills
2. Communication
skills
3. Listening skills
4. Too much work
stress
5. Lack of use of
motivation and
leadership
Achievable: To attend training
and development sessions
organized by famous medical
practitioner in the field of
musculoskeletal injuries. I can
also participate in seminars and
other programs.
Opportunity
2. Self-learning and
motivation
3. Participating in
training and
development
sessions
4. Attending
medical seminars
5. Higher academic
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qualification or
attending
coaching
Realistic: I can take the help of
modern and upgraded techniques
to treat patients having
musculoskeletal injuries. In this
respect, effectiveness of
medicines and other medical
techniques can be observed and
evaluated.
Threat
 Problem in
training sessions
 Intense
competition in
medical field
 Job cutting in
NHS
 Limited career
opportunities
Time scale: I will acquire
expertise in the area of
musculoskeletal injury in
coming 8 months till August
2016.
TASK 2: CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Table 2
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2.2/4.2 Developing solution to the
problem through effective strategy
4.1 Evaluate tools and methods for
developing solution
4.3 Impact of implementing
strategies
2.3 Various strategies for managing
workload
Being a practitioner
physiotherapist I have faced many
issues in NHS. The major issue faced
by me was regarding too much work
pressure resulting into stress. I had to
work for more than 2 month in night
shift. Further, sometimes I had to
work for 15-18 hours due to which
my health was majorly affected.
Therefore, to overcome this problem,
I can take help of following
solutions:
It has been spotted that while
working in healthcare firm I
mostly face issues regarding
stress management.
With an improved focus on
stress management strategies
and time management
activities I can have various
improvements.
By using time management
strategies, I can manage workload
during day shift. They will further
help me in offering appropriate
standard of care services to my service
users. The strategies are explained as
follows:
Doing meditation: I can take help of
meditation and yoga that will
improve my concentration level and
infuse a positive aura within myself.
It has been identified by medical
science that meditation is effective
tool that help in reducing stress level.
1. Effective communication: In
order to overcome issue it is
necessary for me to ensure
that I have effective
communication with all team
members. It will allow me to
share my issues with my
seniors and colleagues that is
beneficial to identify new
1. Improved performance:
With an improved level
of stress management
skills I can easily
manage my work and
overcome stress
situations. It is also
beneficial for me to
perform in effective
Prioritizing task: During work load I
can set priorities for each task and
perform task as per its urgency and
importance. Therefore, I can handle
critical patients first and those with
minor injuries can be handled by my
subordinates.
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ways which can overcome
issues effectively. Improved
level of assistance in work
from team members will
reduce the stress level.
manner and quality of
work can be improved
and it will also help in
providing better services
to patients.
Sharing problem: By sharing my
problems related to work and
personal life among my friends, close
ones and peers effective solution can
be evolved. This will also help me in
reducing my stress.
2. Time management: In this
respect, I can also focus on
time management strategies
in order to manage work
properly. With an proper
management of work I can
easily overcome the issue of
stress.
6. Advancement in skills:
It will also improve my
skills regarding stress
management and time
management which is
advantageous for better
career opportunities
within organisation.
Improved level of
performance will also
provide better profit
margin ratio to
healthcare firm and it is
possible that my skills
may impress
management.
Enjoying the work: I should be
always be ready to accept work
challenges and enjoy my work. The
positive attitude towards work will
help me in minimizing the work
pressure and stress level. Further,
enjoying my work will also assist me
in imporving my performance and
enhancing my productivity.
Developing positive work
environment: The positive work
3. Stress management program:
There are number of programs that I
7. Better care:
Improvement in skills
Delegation of work: I can divide the
work load among my subordinates
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environment plays an important role
in reducing the stress level of
employee. Therefore, employees
should be free to share information
and talk about work, family and other
issues. By using the positive work
environment of NHS, I can improve
my interpersonal relationships which
will further assist me in reducing my
stress level.
can attend to reduce the stress
within workplace. It will also allow
me to interact effectively with
diverse experts and assist me to
share issue with them. It is also
beneficial for better management of
stress situations.
is also beneficial for
advancement in health
care services
(Sridharan, Dickes, and
Caines, 2002 ). It will
assist me to provide
better treatment and
improve satisfaction
level of patients.
and coworkers that will reduce work
load and eventually minimize my
stress level also. The work should be
divided on the basis of area of
specialization. This will also help in
performing the task in better manner.
Table 3
10. Team roles Your observations 3.1 11. Team dynamics 3.2 12. Suggestions 3.3
As an health care professional I has
to perform number of actions and
work in team for effective
development. There are number of
team roles which I have to
accomplish within healthcare
operations.
In the support of this, I can say that
there are number of duty that health
care professional has to accomplish in
order to have better development.
Number of change activities also need
to be managed by health care
professionals while providing
treatment to diverse patients.
As per the Kurt Lewin statement,
there are number of changes that
any workplace covers. Classification
can be as:
There are number of ways which can
amend my performance within team.
Classification can be as:
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1. Preparing Reports
My team members were accountable
to prepare medical reports so that
doctors can also provide effective
treatment to patients by analysing the
key factors and reading medical
report.
1. Emotional: In this respect, it can
be said that my team members were
not emotionally connect with team
which impact team dynamic. So it is
necessary for management to bring
some changes in work culture
considering emotional aspect
(Lemanski, 2011).
6. Self evaluation: In order to have
effective identification of key
issues and weakness I can have
self evaluation as it will provide
better information about key
issues and facilitate in finding
new ways to overcome issues.
2.Conducting tests
It is also one of my team members
responsibility to ensure that all
medical test are taken into account in
proper way so that needs can be
accomplished in proper way.
Treatment process requires effective
conduction of test (Sridharan, Dicke
and Caine, 2002.). Classification of
test can be as B.P. Check up, sugar
test, heart beat testing , etc.
2. Activity: It is necessary for
management and me ensure that
new joining in team must have
proper understanding about roles
and responsibilities so that he can
perform task in effective manner. It
will also improve team working
within healthcare firm (Rao, 2014).
Number of meeting can also be
arranged to create familiar and
supportive environment. It will also
change the team culture and enhance
positive aspects within team.
2. Feedback: I can also take feedback
from my team members and seniors to
identify key issues. It will facilitate me to
improve my team performance by
adopting changes as per feedback
assessment.
3. Providing injections It is also one of my key
responsibilities in my team in order to
3.Interaction: Most of issues within
team are faced due to lack of
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boost the effectiveness of treatment
process. I has to provide injections to
the patients. In order to take blood
sample providing injections is also
one of my key duty.
interaction among members. It
means it is also necessary for me to
interact with diverse team members
in order to boost team dynamic.
Interaction and communication
changes are essential for better
development of team work.
CONCLUSION
From the above report, it can be concluded that an individual can be in charge of its own career by making effective use of employability skills.
By using 360 degree appraisal technique I can review my own performance. Further, by considering the recommendations I can improve my
performance and ensure career growth. Thereafter, time management strategies will assist me in managing workload and meeting the work
targets effectively.
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