Comprehensive Analysis: Hospitals in the Health and Social Care Sector

This report provides a detailed analysis of the health and social care sector, with a specific focus on hospitals. It explores career prospects within the sector, including clinical and non-clinical roles in settings like hospitals, orphanages, and old age homes. The report delves into the structure, culture, and functions of hospitals, examining various departments such as information services, diagnostic services, therapeutic services, and support services. It also discusses the importance of hospital culture, referencing social learning theory, rational choice theory, and crisis intervention models. Furthermore, the report analyzes hospital functions, including medical care, patient support, and administrative aspects. Finally, it identifies and discusses key stakeholders within the hospital environment, highlighting their roles and influence.

Health and social care sector

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SECTOR AND THEIR CAREER PROSPECTS IN
HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE:..........................................................................................3
HOSPITALS AS HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SECTOR AND THEIR STRUCTURE,
CULTURE, FUNCTION AND STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS:..........................................5
HOSPITALS AS CAREER PATHWAYS:..........................................................................9
CONCLUSION :..............................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
The health and social care is define as service provide to people by health and social care
providers to enhance the health conditions as well as mental conditions and it include the
healthcare provision, infrastructure etc. the health care is related to treatment of ill person by
medication, operation and many more ways while social care is the way of supporting and
healing of vulnerable people(Angelopoulou and Panagopoulou, 2019). The health and social care
are interlined to each other and the main aim of health and social care is improving the quality of
life of people with the help of medical care and rehabilitation and also by encouraging the
physical and psychological well being. Health and social care sector is associated with
stakeholder are either single individual or group of people which are the part of that organization
and take part in decision making and also show interest inactivity of organization. Stakeholder
play a very important part in the development of an organisation because they show positive as
well as negative influence on organization and project related to organization by providing their
decision.
MAIN BODY
HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SECTOR AND THEIR CAREER PROSPECTS IN HEALTH
AND SOCIAL CARE:
The health and social care sector is related to well being of person and it is consist of
organisation which provides health care support to the people by providing medical treatment
and medical insurance to the people as well as it also include the business which help in
manufacturing the medical equipments and drugs(Chithambo and et. al., 2022). The example of
health and social care sector are hospitals, orphanage, old age home, physiotherapy, nursing
home, hotels, schools, health centres, homeless shelters, community centres etc. The health and
social care sector provides different opportunity in job or career path. The various career
associated to health and social care sector and their function which help in providing health care
supports are as follows:
 Clinical roles : it includes the healthcare professionals ex: doctors, physician, specialist
who help in treating the patients as well as healthcare assistant which include the nurse,
medical staff, pharmacist who support the patients and also care the patients in hospitals
and clinical.(Gaydarov and Lomakina, 2018). Clinical roles also develop the carrier as

medical laboratory assistant in health and social care sector and it help the people in
collecting blood samples and performing different kinds of medical test which help in
identification of particular disease and their best and early treatment .
 Non clinical roles: this is non medical related job in which there is no direct interaction
with patients beside of these they help in supporting and guiding the health and social
care sector by various ideas and thoughts. These are the people who help the health and
social care sector to run their organisation in very well manner and this include the
customer supporter, IT managers and marketing supporter and administrative assistance
etc. the marketing supporter help the health and social care sector or any organisation to
develop their service and increase the product and service demands among the people or
customers(Hong, 2021). Administrative assistance in health and social care department
are those people who focus on overall administration of organisation and help the patients
by keeping records of patients, booking applotments, as well as also work in finance
department of organizations.
The various organisations which is associated to health and social care sector and their
roles in career prospectives are as follows:
 Hospitals: the health and social care organisation which provides the medical treatment
to patients and job as well as career prospectives related to this health and social care
sector are doctors, psychiatrist, care workers, nurse, medical staff, specialist, therapist,
physiotherapy, dentist, pharmacist etc.
 Orphanage: it is the place which provides care and education to homeless child and
orphans. The career associated with this health and social care sector are counsellors and
therapist, psychologist, social workers and directors.
 Old age home: It is the organisation which provides shelter, food, cloths as well as care
to old people. The main motto of this organization to provide care taking to the older
people. This organization can be runs by many trusty and public members and career
associated with this organisation is care taker, nurses, helpers and many more.
 Hotels: It is the organisation related to social care sector and provides accommodations,
meals and services to peoples and tourists. The career and job which is associated to
hotels are front office supervisor, assistant manager, general manager, chef, regional
mangers and many more.

 Schools: It is the organisation which main motive is to educate children and help in
country development this sector is related to education and various career and job
associated are teachers, principles, peon, librarian, director etc.
HOSPITALS AS HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SECTOR AND THEIR STRUCTURE,
CULTURE, FUNCTION AND STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS:
The organisation which has chosen to describe the culture, function and stakeholder
analysis for this report is hospitals(Iriandoko and et. al., 2020). The reason behind to choose this
organisation is that it help the peoples in treating the patients and save the lives as well as it has
wider area in social care as well as it provides different job to peoples because it has many
branches like laboratory, pharmacy, diagnostic centre, operation theatres, general wards,
emergency wards so hospitals have wider opportunity in social care services as well as in career
point of view(Jiao, Liu and Xu, 2020).
STRUCTURE:
The structure of hospitals are consist of various divisions and consist of administration
area, general wards, emergency wards, operation theatres, staff chambers, pharmacy shop, and
specialist chamber etc (Mattar e Silva, McLean and Velloso, 2022). the structure of hospitals
consist Of information services, diagnostic services, support services and therapeutic services
etc. the function of these structures are as follows:
 Information services: It is the part of hospitals which provides information regarding the
whole organisation and its structure is based on divisional and hierarchical structure and
involves the various working staff. The information service of hospitals consist of billing,
admission, keeping medical report, health and human resources related education.
 Diagnostic services: this service of hospitals include the structure which is related and
specific to medical lab, radiology, X-ray, neurology and cardiology and many more.
These department are assemble in order to enhance the facility of hospital.
 Therapeutic services: This service include the treatment of patients and provides
therapy and taking care as per patient's demand. It consist of physical therapy, pathology,
operation therapy, respiration therapy, social service, pharmacy, nursing and
dietary(OROOJE, 2018).

 Support services: This service provides support to all the structure and department of
hospitals and it include the service of housekeeping, central supply, maintenance and
transportation etc.
CULTURE:
The term culture in health and social care is define as the way by which person of this
organisation think, behave in the specific organisation. The hospital culture is defined as the
group of team which work in the patients care and plays dynamic role together to enhance the
quality care of patients (Ponnuswamy and et.al., 2021). Culture of hospital is very important
because it affect on direct patients care. The culture of hospitals work on the basic of social
learning theory which was developed by a psychologist Albert Bandura and this theory states
that the learning process is based on observing process and also it is enhance by improving the
behaviours because culture of an organisation is based on thinking and behaviours of person.
Social learning theory focus on work which help in intervention strategies which help in cultural
of hospital by positive modelling and by increasing positive behaviours towards the clients. The
organisational culture of hospital is also affected by rational choice theory ,as this theory
provides away to understand the risk, benefits, cost before making any decision it help in culture
of hospitals in developing the decision making which enhance the thinking and feeling capacity
of person within the organisation (Sanner and et. al., 2018). This theory also help the person to
enhance the capacity of motivating patients in their bad times. Another model 'crisis intervention
model' is taking also very important part in culture of hospitals, as this model is used by hospital
staff including doctors, physician, surgeon, medical staff, nurse and other people to reduce their
pain of crisis, trauma, physical harm, suicide and domestic violence by treatment or providing
emotional support through their positive behaviour. There are three levels organisational culture
in hospitals and healthcare department and their function, role and features are as follows:
 Visible manifestation: it is the part of culture department of healthcare which include
the division of roles and services of each department in hospitals. It consist of primary,
secondary care, physical layout facilities which include the role of receptionist in front
desk and role of doctors in hospitals as well as staffing arrangement , dress codes which
includes different colour of specific department (Wei, Corbett, Ray, 2020). It also include
the patient safety, quality improvement and feedback of patients and complaints.

 Deeper shared assumption: this is the part of culture department of health care which
include the ideas and thoughts which increase the professionals roles and enhance the
expectations regarding patients and carers as well as improve power of healthcare
professionals individually or collectively in hospitals.
 Shared way of thinking: it is the collection of ideas and values which help in
justification of visible manifestation and their behaviours. This level of organisational
culture is focus on ides which improve the patient need, dignity,autonomy, safety ,quality
and clinical performance.
FUNCTION:
Hospital is an integral organisation which work as social and health care and providing
the population complete health care in both preventive and curative way. Hospital play vital role
in social and health care sector as it provides compete healthcare (Yamane and Kaneko, 2022).
The performance of healthcare department are based on the access, efficiency, quality and
sustainability and learning process. The function of hospital is based on solution focused therapy
which involves the opportunity and help in positive change. The function of hospital is also
based on crisis intervention model which is focus on creating plan,work on lethality assessment.
The broad categories of hospital function are describe below:
 Medical care: This is consist of treatment of patients as well as it also include the
management of hospitals with the help of doctors, staff, physician and surgeon.
 Patients support: The main aim of patients support is that it focus on direct care of
patients and it include the the different kinds of services like nursing, pharmacy, dietary,
diagnostics, therapy, laboratory and many mores.
 Administrative: The function of this department includes all the term and policies which
help in administration of hospitals. It includes all the policies which is helpful for
governing the hospitals. The function of administrative department also includes finance
area, discharge service of patients, personnel, housekeeping service, laundry service,
security , transportation etc. beside of these the administration department of hospital also
take part in some responsibility of hospitals which help in giving suggestion on those
matters which affect the policy of hospitals and take part in implementation of laws,
rules and regulation which is beneficial for hospitals. The administration of hospital
secure, store and manage the medical devices and equipments and many more. The

administrative department also focus on research process of hospital and include the
health research, clinical research and educational research which is beneficiary for
growth of hospitals. The function of administration department also includes the
employment process and includes health professionals inside the hospitals and
employment of suppliers and transport service outside the hospitals.
STAKEHOLDER:
Stake holder is define as the individuals and group of people which is part of common
organisation and work on same projects and share their interest in the outcomes. Stakeholders in
hospitals are consist of patients, doctors, caregivers, nurses and employees, insurance based
company, pharmaceutical companies etc. the stakeholders are important in healthcare
department because it provides funding, directions, solutions and overall support to run the
hospitals or healthcare department(Mazilu and Tundrea, 2021). There are four types of health
care subsidiaries in which stakeholders play very important role. The role of stakeholders in
different subsidiaries of hospitals are as follows:
 Health promotion: The stakeholders who play significant role in health promotion are
dietitians, health and wellness doctors, management, funding agency, governments and
many more. These all people work in the improving of health of peoples.
 Health and social care : The stakeholders who take part in health and social care are
charities, government, managers, employees, social health groups as well as trade union
and suppliers.
 Health research : The person who comes in health research department and help in
research process of hospitals and it is consist of universities, patients, pharmaceutical,
doctors, specialists etc.
 Public health: The types of stakeholder who come in public health departments are
government, community, schools, international bodies, specialist and many more.
TYPES OF STAKEHOLDER IN HOSPITALS:
 Interface stakeholders: these are group of people or individual who plays an important
role in inside as well as outside of hospitals and it include the trustees and staffs which
help in transportation and emergency service.
 Internal stakeholder: these include the group of peoples who operates the hospitals
within the organisation. It includes doctors, medical staff, surgeon, pharmacist etc.

 External stakeholder: this includes the individuals and group of people who are not
part of hospitals means these people are not works in hospitals but they are wedged by
hospital's function as well as their roles also creates impact on the hospitals. These
include competitors and suppliers.
HOSPITALS AS CAREER PATHWAYS:
The hospital is an organisation which provides health care to patients by treatment as well
as it provides various career and reason behind to choose this sector as career is that it provides
job security and creates a sense of pride because this is the place where we direct serve the needy
person, it enhance the person's potential growth because it provides various opportunities in
development and exploration. As hospitals service is 24 hours service so it provides flexibility as
well as stability to their workers. This is the best place where one can enhance their salary and
here person have ability to change the patients life by treatment, care and motivation. This place
have varieties of opportunities in career because it has different branches. This place provides
opportunities to enhance their career by learning process and it have high demand and long
lasting opportunities which is related to career.
CONCLUSION :
The health and social care is the way of providing service by health care providers to
improve the quality of life by providing better treatment and better medical as well as social
care. it include hospitals, orphanage, old age homes and many more organisation. The hospital is
the best place of social care because it provides medical treatment to patients as well as it
provide various opportunities in career. It include doctors, care workers, nurse, medical staff,
specialist, therapist, physiotherapy, dentist, pharmacist and their function is to provides healthy
life. The hospitals consist of medical care and administration and the reason behind to choose
this organisation as career is that it has wide scope which provides potential outcomes, best
salary, flexibility and give the chance to enhance their knowledge by research process. Hospital
is a dynamic place which provides emotional support and also focus to improve the health of
peoples.

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