Healthcare Worker
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A Healthcare Worker is an industry-specific worker who can support healthcare processes (with healthcare tasks to prevent, diagnose, treat, and manage illnesses and diseases).
- Context:
- They can (typically) require the taking and passing of an Admittance Examination.
- They can range from being a Human Healthcare Worker to being an Automated Healthcare Worker.
- They can range from being a Healthcare Professional to being a Healthcare Support Worker.
- They can (often) work in a Healthcare Facility.
- They can be involved in direct patient care, medical research, or healthcare administration.
- They can work in various healthcare settings, including hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and research institutions.
- They can require continuous professional development to stay updated with medical advancements and technologies.
- They can adhere to ethical standards and professional codes of conduct established by healthcare organizations.
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- Example(s):
- By Primary Job Function:
- Direct Patient Care Workers, such as:
- General Practitioner (GP) (who provides primary healthcare services to patients).
- Medical Nurse / Nurse Practitioner (who offers nursing care and can diagnose and treat patients).
- Physician Assistant (who practices medicine under the supervision of a physician).
- Midwife (who supports childbirth and provides prenatal and postnatal care).
- Anesthesiologist (who administers anesthesia and manages pain during surgeries).
- Dentist / Dental Practitioner (who cares for patients' oral health).
- Radiologist (who diagnoses and treats diseases using medical imaging).
- Physical Therapist (who helps patients recover from injuries and improve mobility).
- Psychologist (who provides mental health care and counseling).
- Medical Research Workers: Pre-Clinical Researcher / Clinical Researcher (who conducts medical research to improve healthcare outcomes).
- Healthcare Administration Workers: Hospital Administrator (who manages the operations of healthcare facilities).
- Pharmaceutical Care Workers: Pharmacist (who dispenses medications and offers pharmaceutical care).
- Healthcare Support Workers:
- Medical Technologists (who performs diagnostic tests and maintains medical equipment).
- Medical Secretary (who manages administrative tasks in healthcare settings).
- Healthcare Assistant (who supports healthcare professionals in providing care).
- Direct Patient Care Workers, such as:
- By Job Accountability Level:
- By Work Environment:
- Hospital Workers: Surgeons, Nurses, Radiologists
- Clinic Workers: General Practitioner (GP)s, Nurse Practitioners, Medical Secretarys
- Healthcare Research Institution Workers: Clinical Researchers, Pre-Clinical Researchers, Medical Technologists
- Nursing Home Workers: Nurses, Healthcare Assistants, Physical Therapists
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- By Primary Job Function:
- Counter-Example(s):
- Legal-Domain Workers (who work in the legal sector).
- Engineering Practitioners (who work in the engineering sector).
- IT Practitioners (who work in the information technology sector).
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- See: Community Health, Health Care, Medicine, Surgery, Midwifery, Obstetrics, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, Psychology, Allied Health Professions, Public Health.
References
2020
- (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_professional Retrieved:2020-6-4.
- A health professional (or healthcare professional) may provide health care treatment and advice based on formal training and experience. The field includes those who work as a physician, surgeon, physician assistants, nurse, physiotherapist, dentist, midwife, psychologist, psychiatrist, or pharmacist or who perform services in allied health professions. A health professional may also be a public health or community health practitioner.
2014
- http://www.who.int/occupational_health/topics/hcworkers/en/
- A health care facility is a workplace as well as a place for receiving and giving care. Health care facilities around the world employ over 59 million workers …
Health-care workers (HCWs) need protection from these workplace hazards just as much as do mining or construction workers. Yet, because their job is to care for the sick and injured, HCWs are often viewed as “immune” to injury or illness. Their patients come first. They are often expected to sacrifice their own well-being for the sake of their patients. Indeed health protecting health-care workers has the added benefit to contributing to quality patient care and health system strengthening. Some of the same measures to protect patients from infections, such as adequate staffing, protect health-care workers from injury.
- A health care facility is a workplace as well as a place for receiving and giving care. Health care facilities around the world employ over 59 million workers …
2009
- (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=medical%20practitioner
- S: (n) medical practitioner, medical man (someone who practices medicine)
2009
- (Ariely, 2009) ⇒ Dan Ariely. (2009). “Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions - revised and expanded edition." Harper-Collins New York. ISBN:978-0-06-135323-9
- QUOTE: I plan to take a proactive step by looking more closely at my relationships with physicians, lawyers, bankers, accountants, financial advisers, and the other professionals to whom I turn to for expert advice. I can ask doctors who prescribe me drugs whether they have any financial interest in the pharmaceutical company; financial advisers whether they get paid by the management of particular funds they are recommending; and life insurance salespeople what kind of commission they are working on — and seek to establish relationships with providers who do not have conflicts of interest (or at least get a second independent opinion).