Founded in 2003 under the Health Professions Council Act of 2002, the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) acts a regulatory body for a variety of health care professional groups within the UK. This includes professions that work under the title of ‘biomedical scientist’.
Its main role is to protect the public through the regulation of its registrants as well as “developing a sustainable organisation that minimises the negative impacts and maximises the positive.” These negative impacts are kept to a minimum by a series of different standards being set. Each registrant within the HCPC must meet these standards to avoid investigation.
Registrants are expected to follow a standard of health that insures that ‘You must limit your work or
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This ensures that the biomedical scientist is well aware of how to manage his/her workload while also knowing their limits within the practice and when to request help.
SOP2: “Be able to practice within the legal and ethical boundaries of their profession”. This ensures that the biomedical scientist is able to act in the interests of the service user while displaying mutual respect to the user’s dignity and privacy. It also ensures that the biomedical scientist is well aware of the local, national and European standards that govern the practice they are employed under. The information obtained during the service provided must always be with the users consent.
SOP3: “Be able to maintain fitness to practice”. This standard ensures that a biomedical scientist is well aware of his/her mental and physical wellbeing and how to maintain both to allow them to practice at an optimum level. It also ensures that they maintain all their knowledge and skills about their relevant field for their future
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“Delegate appropriately”. This ensures that registrants delegate work only to members of staff that are trained within the procedure and are competent in the health and safety policy involved while providing appropriate supervision
The standards of continuing professional development ensures that registrants undertake learning activities that are relevant to their role which will contribute to the quality of service they provide. This can range from giving presentations based on their work to attending events discussing the future of their role. During this process, a written record must be kept which documents their development. This record must be provided when requested by the HCPC.
The standards or prescription and podiatric surgery, while not as applicable to biomedical scientist, shows that the HCPC covers a wide variety of practitioners. A failure to abide by these standards can lead to a complaint being filed. The complaint can then be investigated which can lead to action being taken place, such as a suspension from the HCPC or even the complete removal or the registrant. To make complains easily accessible all registrant are stored within a public
Its responsibilities includes deficiency verification, assigning physician notices of deficiency record. This process requires to be time, if the physician does not comply with the given notice, they are reported to the chief of staff. The record are stored in accordance to the completion standards which is defined by the federal regulation for persons with the age above 18years, their records should be kept for a minimum of 6 years, while children who are under 18years their records should be kept until they attain an age of 21years plus a minimum of 6
During the process of research, professionals collect data or identifiable private information through intervention or interaction. While this is a vital part of the scientific and medical fields, every precaution must be taken by researchers to protect the participants' rights. Ethics, outlined by the Belmont report; requirements, described by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS); and regulations, laid out by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are verified by an Institutional Review Board (IRB). This procedure assures that all human rights are safeguarded during the entire research process.
CQC (2009) Guidance about compliance. Summary of regulations, outcomes and judgement. Available at: http://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/media/documents/guidance_about_compliance_summary.pdf Accessed on: 21/03/2014
...and healthy place to work and being treated. At times these organizations may seem like a nuisance, but as a patient and an employee in the healthcare field I feel safer knowing that such organization exist, given that I have worked both in the private and public sector, there have been things that should not have happened. The key on ensuring policies are followed is awareness, communication, and continuous education. By having procedures in place for all departments this will help elevate and ensure no infractions are given by OSHA and JCAHO in the Healthcare facility.
Ingram, David, and Jennifer A. Parks. "Biomedical Ethics." The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Ethics. Indianapolis, IN: Alpha, 2002. N. pag. Print.
Monitoring. Effective clinical audit and provision of constructive/balanced feedback to providers is crucial. A comprehensive clinical audit policy for guidelines is in the process of being finalized. We plan to publish online all the results from the selected guidelines quality indicators.
Although the training may be similar, each individual has their own capabilities that integrate differently into their work flow processes. Different skill levels vary greatly and can affect the efficiency of processes [2]. As Shortliffe describes, experts of a trade are able to perceive large patterns of information that novices are unable to distinguish. This deeper understanding allows professionals to quickly process and represent problems required to solve them. In contrast, novices tend to take more time to identify the issue and require more resources to solve the problem at hand. To ensure consistency and avoid mistakes, it is essential for an institution to provide proper training to all contributors. Especially those that are greatly influenced by the intermediate effect as described in Biomedical Informatics; there needs to be the opportunity to continually learn, re-learn, and exercise new knowledge in the healthcare field in order to avoid errors and allow
...ves to create extra routines as important to ensure workers in high hazard commercial enterprises.
Hoever, K. (2005). The ethics of research using biobanks: reason to question the importance attributed to informed consent. Archives of Internal Medicine, 165-198.
...re are many options for a patient regarding their health care and it is important that they are knowledgeable in all aspects.
Continued Professional Development is now an important part of ongoing registration with the NMC and is essential in maintaining professional standards. In order to revalidate, nurses must write 5 reflective accounts within a 3 year period and each reflective account must explain what the nurse has learnt from the CPD activity and explain how it relates to the Code of Conduct and in particular the 4 themes of Prioritising People, Practicing Effectively, Preserving Safety and Promoting Professionalism and Trust.. Nurses also have to discuss the written reflective accounts with another NMC registered nurse coving the 5 reflective accounts Section 9.2 of the NMC code of conduct asks nurses to “gather and reflect on feedback from a variety of sources, using it to improve your practice and performance” (NMC, 2015) This is why the NMC promotes reflective practice as it ensures the nurse is practicing within their competency and in a safe manner while identifying any areas for improvement in their practice Reflective practice also makes the nurses more accountable for their actions.. (NMC, 2015) Reflective writing is an important feature of professional practice. Nurses have to keep a record of their continued professional development. At annual reviews nurses are able to present evidence of their development through a portfolio which should contain reflective accounts of their practice. These reflective accounts will help them identify strengths and weaknesses, highlight their performance, improve their skills and highlight any area that could be
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Overall delegation is get familiar with the national guidelines,state guidelines, job descriptions,scope of practice being accountable and responsible for the tasks who delegated. Nurses need good critical thinking skills, respect, trust for one another to maintain good relationships and to realize we are a team. This way any nurse can delegate with confidence.
Continuing professional development (CPD) means that professionals participate in learning activities to further improve the quality of their learning and develop their abilities and to update their learning continuously. It enables them to set goals and work to achieve them, so going above and beyond any initial training. "It’s the means by which you can maintain and enhance your knowledge and skills to complement both your current role and your future career progression". (https://www.theirm.org/membership/continuing-professional-development.aspx [accessed 23/10/17]).
The principles of documentation is clear, confidential, accurate, complete and concise, objective, organized and timely. Using documentation nurses are required to legally and ethically keep all information in the patient record confidential. There is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, known as HIPAA, which helps gives patients a greater control over their health care record (). Precise measurements and times must be used as much as possible. Accuracy can be enhanced through point of care documentation (Craven, 2017). The accuracy of documentation can be view from three perspectives veridical reflection of nursing, comprehensive while through detail of a patient journey and finally clarity in usage terms (Britain Summer of Nursing). The accuracy part is the really vital part in documentation within nursing because it shows the complete reflection of the stages of care that was provided by the health care professionals to an individual. Next, when an individual is documenting it needs to be complete and concise and organized. Having the report done as so allows for any health professional to find any information quick as possible without having to search throughout the entire chart for answers. When reporting it needs to be in a chronical flow order of the information about the patient care and procedures being done, within the chronological