Job description
Roles in the healthcare and social work sector include: doctor, dentist, pharmacist, nurse, midwife, community social worker, psychologist, and healthcare assistant. Within these roles, general tasks include:
Roles in the healthcare and social work sector include: doctor, dentist, pharmacist, nurse, midwife, community social worker, psychologist, and healthcare assistant. Within these roles, general tasks include:
- Assessing patients through necessary examinations and tests, and providing a diagnosis
- Implementing the necessary health care interventions.
- Prescribing medication
- Evaluating patient outcomes and monitoring for improvement.
- Referring patients and clients appropriately.
- Liaising with relatives, other healthcare professionals, and colleagues
- Provide the community with health education
- Report writing
- Counselling and offering advice to patients and clients
Skills
To follow a career in healthcare & social work, it is advantageous to have the following skills and strengths that employers look for:
To follow a career in healthcare & social work, it is advantageous to have the following skills and strengths that employers look for:
- Excellent communication skills: listening, along with verbal and written communication
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Interpersonal skills and ability to work well in a team
- Empathy
- Organisational skills
- Commitment
Requirements
To become a doctor, pharmacist or dentist you will need a bachelors degree in the relevant field. A diploma will be required for nursing, midwifery, and psychology. In other positions, a degree or diploma is helpful but not required.
To become a doctor, pharmacist or dentist you will need a bachelors degree in the relevant field. A diploma will be required for nursing, midwifery, and psychology. In other positions, a degree or diploma is helpful but not required.