Healthcare Environment Report: Roles, Structures, and Culture

This report delves into the healthcare environment, focusing on the essential roles and responsibilities of healthcare managers in nursing homes. It examines how these managers contribute to successful health and social care service provision, including daily management, long-term plannin...Read More

Healthcare Environment
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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Scenario one – Discuss the role of the healthcare manager...................................................3
Scenario two - Explain how organisational structure impacts organisational culture............5
Scenario three – Present different organisational structures in business, health and social care
organisation............................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
References........................................................................................................................................6
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INTRODUCTION
Health care environment is a main concern in the area of Medical Services. In order to
maintain healthy environment, it is necessary for healthcare systems to provide extra services for
making the patient feel fresh and healthy. The healthcare environment must be safe, satisfied and
empowering. A safety culture is paramount in which all the health care workers, managers,
leaders and other ancillary staff have responsibility to perform with accountability, environment,
professionalism, effectiveness, efficiency and transparency. This report is based on three
scenarios. The first scenario covers the role of healthcare manager in nursing homes in which the
roles and responsibilities they perform with in the remit of their practice to make sure that health
and social care services are provided successfully. The second scenario covers the way
organisational structure impacts on the culture of the company. In addition to this, the third
scenario covers different types of organisational structures available within healthcare division
along with their advantages and disadvantages. At last, a brief conclusion is provided best on the
overall report.
MAIN BODY
Scenario one – Discuss the role of the healthcare manager
A Nursing Home's healthcare manager have to perform various roles and responsibilities
within remit of their practice in order to make sure that successful provision of health and social
care services can be maintained. There are several roles and responsibilities which are performed
by health care administrative within their sphere practice of practice. A nursing home manager is
responsible for restoring and promoting the health of patients through developing daily
management as well as long term planning for care area of patient. The also direct and develop
collaboration of staff with multidisciplinary professionals and physicians for providing
psychological and physical support for patient, friends and families. In addition to this, a nursing
manager maintains guidelines of Nursing by writing as well as updating the policies and
procedures and do you usually work in hospitals, nursing care homes and other healthcare
facilities. Their job responsibilities include adopting and executing innovative nursing practices
to enhance the health care services. They are also responsible to recruit, select as well as direct
nursing staff.
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Apart from this, they support nursing staff job outcomes by counselling, coaching and
disciplining employees. One of the main responsibility of Nursing home healthcare manager is
departmental coordination and innovation. They can improve the delivery of healthcare services
by operating nursing home which deliver adaptable and reliable services. The aim to coordinate
with stakeholders and direct them to emphasize on common goal. The employees of the Nursing
Home like technology distributors, insurance companies, patient advocates and healthcare
professionals have personal interest and policies and operations of Nursing Home. In the
organisation, funding innovation is significant and healthcare manager has the responsibility to
direct the flow of funds through third party investors, insurers, long-term investors as well as
other sources to maintain adequate flow of funds. Health care manager required to exercise solid
timing for technology innovation, given that infrastructure of Nursing Home must adapt to new
technologies. Apart from this, it is very much necessary to ensure that new technologies are
adopted constantly in order to gain competitive advantage in market.
The other responsibility of healthcare manager includes facilitating collaboration and
teamwork which is very much essential for managing and operating nursing home successfully.
Managers can influence teamwork by preparing, summarising as well as formatting information
for the consumption of staff. They promote innovative operational approaches and serve as
mediator between strategies, goals and daily activities. They are responsible to oversee initiatives
of team, especially frontline work force. This team work in coordination and cooperation with
each other in order to resolve the issues associated with patient and workflow. Therefore,
manager bridge the gaps in information that make sure that innovation reaches to right outlet.
The administrator of Nursing Home supervises large staff and perform responsibilities to ensure
that high quality services are provided to the patient. The manager is also responsible for
providing staff members with appropriate training and development programme that help in
developing their skills and capabilities and make them able to perform their roles and
responsibilities effectively within the health care setting.
Nursing home manager have to keep abreast of new laws and regulations pertaining to
long-term care facilities and healthcare. They address infractions through formulating policies
and ensuring that they are executed appropriately. The Nursing Home manager is also
responsible to maintain public relations and ensure that all the patients and their families are
satisfied with the care services provided by the nursing home. The manager interacts with
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residents, their families and physicians to ensure that good care is being given. Nursing Home
manager work with other healthcare professionals in order to enhance the quality and efficiency
in delivery of healthcare services. They supervisor assistant healthcare managers in health care
facilities and manage overhead cost, billing and patient fee.
They are responsible for representation of facility in the meeting of investors or meeting of
any governing boards. The communicate with other members, medical staffs as well as the heads
of the department. They are also responsible for keeping and organising the records of services
of Nursing Home like number of beds which are currently being utilised by patients etc. They are
responsible for the change management in organisation and by developing appropriate strategies
and plans, they execute change within healthcare settings in order to improve the delivery of care
services. They staying abreast of new policies, laws and regulations as well as the changes for
health care facilities to adequately comply with the regulations. All these are the roles and
responsibilities which are perform by healthcare manager of Nursing Home. The manager should
be capable of multitasking and handling many distinct responsibilities simultaneously. Apart
from these general responsibilities, the healthcare manager professionals also have the
responsibilities specific to facility.
Scenario two - Explain how organisational structure impacts organisational culture
Scenario three – Present different organisational structures in business, health and social care
organisation
CONCLUSION
As per the above mentioned report, it has been concluded that
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References
Books and Journals
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