018 April 2021

What functions does a healthcare worker perform?

Now we are going to delve into the functions of the socio-sanitary technician. As we have pointed out in the previous post, these workers focus on caring for people in a situation of dependency who require help in their day-to-day life.

We can distinguish 4 main functions:

Educational: refers to activities related to the promotion of autonomous personal and independent life habits.

Assistance: Refers to activities related to the supervision of hygiene habits, food control, assistance techniques… As well as the promotion of movement and action in the event of possible falls, assistance in the physiological needs of the patient, etc.

Socializing: refers to activities aimed at promoting social relations with the people around them. The maintenance of contact, and the relationship with the closest people and friends, has a very positive effect on the health and mood of the person.

Rehabilitation: this function focuses mainly on help and support in the functional aspects and recovery of the possible faculties that the person has lost or has deteriorated significantly. That is to say, tasks as important such as the recognition of people, orientation, location in time, place and memory.

In addition to the above

• Detail the patient’s needs, both psychosocial and healthcare.

• Organization of the Individualized Care Plan. Thus, inciting the cooperation of the patient’s own family.

• Implement food, hygiene and clothing tasks.

• Organize economic management.

• Carry out home maintenance and cleaning tasks.

• Relative interference with the physical condition through the employers arranged and with mobilizations or transfers.

• Prevention measures solving emergency situations.

• Psychosocial support.

• Conservation of autonomy, advice and support.

• Control and monitoring of activities and management of calls in cases of teleassistance.

In short, social and health technicians carry out a fundamental task in the management of dependent people, as well as care work for hospitalized patients. Above all, they carry out hygiene and patient transfer tasks, in addition to being a support for the work carried out by nursing.