Healthcare Assignment- Working in the Health Sector
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Healthcare Assignment- Working in the Health Sector
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WORKING IN THE HEALTHSECTOR
TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1LO 1.................................................................................................................................................1P1. Explanation of two different careers in healthcare sector................................................1LO 2.................................................................................................................................................2P2. Overall structure of health service provision in the UK...................................................2LO 3.................................................................................................................................................2P3. Roles and responsibilities of two overarching social care organisations.........................2P4. Impact of legislation and policies on social care provisions............................................2LO 4.................................................................................................................................................3P5. Role of workforce development in health care sector......................................................3P6. Examples of multi-disciplinary working in health sector................................................3CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5
INTRODUCTIONHealthcare organisation are known for providing facilities like medical treatment andsocial service to the public (Pestoff, 2012). Birchwood care home is an organisation who isworking in Newbury, UK. Although, they are providing treatment of various diseases butAlzheimer's, hearing impairment are some of their specialities. This assignment will discussabout the skills needed in couple of career options which are available in health sector. Structureof health service provision in the United Kingdom will also become a part of this report.Accountability of two overarching healthcare organisations will be included in this file. Fewexamples of multi-disciplinary working will be explained at the end as well. LO 1P1. Explanation of two different careers in healthcare sectorOpportunities of career growth in healthcare industry are enormous. Earlier, people onlyknew about two professions in this sector i.e. doctors and nurse. But now, there are differentkinds of jobs, and requirements for two of them is as follows:Nurse – Nurses are responsible for taking care of patients. It is their duty to follow theinstructions given by doctors like timely giving medicine to service user, recording their bodytemperature, etc. In order to enter in this profession, one needs to get bachelor degree in nursing.It also includes the practical training where students are taken to hospital for teaching and givingthem real life experience. Some care homes recruit candidates who have pursed diploma coursein nursing. Beside educational qualifications, nurses also require skills regarding how to moveand handle stretcher. They should have basic knowledge about medicines and nutrition because itis an integral part of their job (Williams, 2012). Communication skill is another key requirementfor this profession. Nurse should have a clear understanding about how to talk with patients andtheir attendants. Post operation care, recording blood pressure, pulse rate, temperatures are otherduties which comes under job description of nurses. Service manager – In healthcare sector, various organisations do tries to provide betterfacilities in order to earn more profit and increase popularity of the institution. Their main aim isto resolve problems of service users and assure well-being of public. If someone wants tobecome service manager then he/she must possess all the information about doctors and nursingstaff. In terms of education, master's degree in health sciences or business administration isrequired. Another key skill needed to become health service manager is knowledge about1
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