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2. Peer support specialist - Wikipedia

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   A peer support specialist is a person with "lived experience" who has been trained to support those who struggle with mental health, psychological trauma, or substance use. Their personal experience of these challenges provide peer support specialists with expertise that professional training cannot replicate.

3. Healthcare technician - Wikipedia

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   Qualified members performing direct patient care can have the opportunity work directly with patients and assist with their care and well being. [5] This type of care usually involves the following duties: [2] Specimen collection (blood or bodily fluid) Venipuncture procedures or IV insertion; Dressing changes; Electrocardiograms; Obtaining ...

4. Unlicensed assistive personnel - Wikipedia

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   Personal support worker (PSW) is the title for a similar type of health worker in Canada. Personal support work is unique among health care professions in that the scope of a PSW's duties does not extend beyond what the client could do him/herself if the client were physically and cognitively able. [20]

5. Medical assistant - Wikipedia

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   Medical assistants perform routine clinical and administrative duties under the direct supervision of a physician or other health care professional. Medical assistants perform many administrative duties, including answering telephones, greeting patients, updating and filing patients' medical records, filling out insurance forms, handling correspondence, scheduling appointments, arranging for ...

6. Direct support professional - Wikipedia

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   However, their job broadly centers around assisting their clients to lead their most independent, autonomous, and socially participatory lives. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A DSP provides support with community integration , competitive integrated employment , and acts as an advocate in communicating the wants, needs, and goals of the disabled individuals that ...

7. Medical social work - Wikipedia

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   In short, a medical social worker provides services in three domains: intake and psychosocial assessment, case management and supportive therapy, and discharge planning and ongoing care that extends after hospitalization. They are also involved in patient and staff education, as well as with policy research for health programs. [4]

8. Paramedic - Wikipedia

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   In some countries, the paramedic may take on the role as part of a system to prevent hospitalization entirely and, through practitioners, are able to prescribe certain medications, or undertaking 'see and refer' visits, where the paramedic directly refers a patient to specialist services without taking them to hospital.

9. Orderly - Wikipedia

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   Orderly duties can range in scope depending on the area of the health care facility they are employed. For that reason, duties can range from assisting in the physical restraint of combative patients, assisting physicians with the application of casts, transporting patients, shaving patients and providing other similar routine personal care to ...