Welcome to the Skills for Health Roles Directory. This is a repository for the roles which have been developed by Skills for Health over recent years with health and social care organisations across the UK using a standardised role template. They are based on real roles and jobs which were accurately described at the time of development with the content designed to be ‘transferable’ across the sector. The Roles Directory is now intended as a starting point for organisations to assist them with role design work and provides information about the level of the role, its scope, functions, competences and indicative education and training which they can then adapt and update for their own local use.

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AAC Assessor
Role ID 0454

The AAC assessor conducts assessments with children and adults who have been referred to ACT to establish their goals and needs for augmentative and alternative communication.

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Active Programmes Cardiac Nurse
Role ID 0134

To support the delivering of Active Programmes, specifically cardiac rehabilitation as part of the Active Programme Team, in predominately community venues and/or patients homes.

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Acute Oncology Specialist Practitioner
Role ID 0116

First developed 2010. The level 8 specialist practitioner role will provide professional and managerial leadership within the speciality of oncology.

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Administration Assistant
Role ID 0004

First point of contact for all visitors and to receive all incoming calls.

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Administration Support Worker
Role ID 0016

To provide a comprehensive and high quality administrative service to the placement support team

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Administrator, Patient Services
Role ID 0011

To provide high quality secretarial support to specific Primary Care Clinics.

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Advanced Chemotherapy Nurse
Role ID 0132

Developed in 2011 as part of the work of the National Cancer Action Team.

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Advanced Pharmacy Technician, Oncology
Role ID 0088

The advanced pharmacy technician (oncology) role is part of the clinical oncology team in an oncology centre. First developed 2011.

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Advanced Practitioner Cardiology
Role ID 0127

Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.

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Advanced Practitioner Hand Therapy
Role ID 0128

Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting waiting times initiative.

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Advanced Practitioner Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist
Role ID 0126

The Macmillan clinical nurse specialist may support people across the whole care pathway or at specific phases of the pathway.

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Advanced practitioner MSK, Arthroplasty, Hip and Knee
Role ID 0103

An arthroplasty practitioner delivers management and care, throughout the patient journey, to patients undergoing arthroplasty surgery.

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Advanced Practitioner Myocardial Perfusion
Role ID 0129

Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.

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Advanced Practitioner Oesophageal and Upper GI
Role ID 0131

Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.

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Advanced Practitioner Opthalmology
Role ID 0110

Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.

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Advanced Practitioner Orthopaedic Physiotherapist (Coventry)
Role ID 0109

Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.

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Advanced Practitioner Orthopaedic Physiotherapist (West Midlands)
Role ID 0108

Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.

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Advanced Practitioner Orthopaedic Physiotherapist (NW)
Role ID 0106

Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.

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Advanced Practitioner Orthopaedic Physiotherapy, Nuffield.
Role ID 0105

Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.

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Advanced Practitioner Orthopaedic Surgical Care (North West)
Role ID 0112

Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.

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Advanced Practitioner Physiotherapist MSK Orthpaedic (Medway Comm)
Role ID 0113

Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.

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Advanced Practitioner Surgical Care, Norfolk and Norwich.
Role ID 0107

Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.

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Advanced Practitioner Urodynamics
Role ID 0130

Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.

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Advanced Practitioner, Orthopaedic MSK Physiotherapist (NW)
Role ID 0104

Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.

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Advanced Practitioner, Orthopaedics, (East of England)
Role ID 0111

Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.

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Alcohol Co-ordinator
Role ID 0056

Developed in 2010 as part of a Department of Health (England) funded project to identify the skills, knowledge and competence required in the workforce to meet national policy objectives related to harm from alcohol misuse.

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Alcohol Commissioner
Role ID 0057

First developed 2011. The alcohol commissioner is an expert commissioner with a high level of responsibility for the development and delivery of alcohol treatment services and interventions.

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Alcohol Health Worker
Role ID 0082

First developed in 2011 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing harm from alcohol misuse work.

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Alcohol Specialist Practitioner
Role ID 0054

Developed in 2010 as part of a Department of Health funded project to identify the skills, knowledge and competence required in the workforce to meet national policy objectives related to harm from alcohol. Updated in 2011

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Assistant Accountant
Role ID 0012

The individual will provide financial and administrative support to the financial accounting section of the finance department.

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Assistant Business and Information Manager
Role ID 0135

To assist the management team in a wide range of areas including the development and implementation of business plans, data & information, information technology and human resource management.

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Assistant Practitioner (Macmillan)
Role ID 0100

This role was developed in 2014. The work was initiated by Macmillan and a working group representing a range of organisations as outlined below was established to identify the essence of a level 4 role palliative care.

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Assistant Practitioner Audiology
Role ID 0046

Developed in 2009 with the University of Leeds, to identify the essence of the role of assistant practitioners in audiology. The development of the role profile also clearly linked the curriculum to the requirements of service.

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Assistant Practitioner Barnet Enfield & Haringey Mental Health Trust
Role ID 0591

This role has been developed by Barnet Enfield & Haringey Mental Health Trust to articulate its view and vision of what the core competences of an individual working in a Level 4 Assistant Practitioner role are. It is recognised given the breadth of services the organisation provides that additional local competences would need to be identified and agreed.

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Assistant Practitioner Birmingham Wheelchair Service
Role ID 0416

This role is an assistant practitioner at Birmingham Wheelchair Service. The role supports occupational therapists and rehabilitation engineers.

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Assistant Practitioner Cancer Rehabilitation
Role ID 0122

First developed in 2010 as a result of work undertaken by Yorkshire and the Humber SHA, and West Yorkshire Lifelong Learning Network. The role has a level core, clinical core, specific NOS for cancer and forensic mental health.

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Assistant Practitioner Cardiac
Role ID 0047

Developed in 2009 as part of the waiting times initiative. This assistant practitioner role was supported by a range of small 5 or 10 credit modular units of learning .

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Assistant Practitioner Chemotherapy Care
Role ID 0043

The assistant practitioner will be allocated their own patient workload, work independently, assessing patients care needs and carrying out this care unsupervised. First developed in 2011

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Assistant Practitioner Falls Prevention
Role ID 0058

This person supports the falls prevention co-ordinator across the PCT.

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Assistant Practitioner Orthopaedic
Role ID 0044

First developed in 2009 as part of the waiting times initiative. The role has relevance for all fast throughput areas of practice such as assessment units, orthopaedics, and surgery.

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Assistant Practitioner Psychology Assistant Mental Health Low Secure
Role ID 0121

First developed in 2010 as a result of work undertaken by Yorkshire and the Humber SHA, and West Yorkshire Lifelong Learning Network. The role has a level core, clinical core, specific NOS for cancer and forensic mental health.

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Assistant Practitioner Re-ablement
Role ID 0042

This role is concerned with maximising an individuals abilities within the recovery process. First developed 2011

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Assistant Practitioner Theatres
Role ID 0045

This role was developed with Yorkshire & The Humber SHA in 2009.

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Assistant Practitioner, Diagnostic Radiography
Role ID 0075

The assistant practitioner will carry out general radiography and fluoroscopy with a registered radiographer available for reference and advice.

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Assistant Practitioner, Neonatal Care
Role ID 0099

Developed in 2014 with NHS Tayside. This role is part of the team delivering neonatal care.

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Assistant Practitioner, Physiotherapy
Role ID 0073

To work with qualified physiotherapy staff to provide an integrated service for patients in the intermediate care and community settings

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Assistant Practitioner, Podiatry
Role ID 0074

The assistant practitioner will actively participate as part of the podiatry team, to provide a seamless service to patients. The assistant practitioner will provide general and specific care for a defined client group

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Assistant Technical Officer Pathology
Role ID 0025

To assist the technical coordinator and the team of anatomical pathology technicians in the running of the mortuary service for the needs of the NHS Trust, HM Coroner, and the community, with particular reference to the front of house service.

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Assistant Technical Officer, Neurophysiology
Role ID 0028

Provides assistance in specialist clinical neurophysiology service in a limited range of procedures.

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Assistant, Occupational Therapy
Role ID 0023

The post holder will provide a competent technical support service to occupational therapists.

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Assistant, Occupational Therapy
Role ID 0071

The assistant practitioner will support the delivery of occupational therapy services. The post will involve working in the occupational therapy department, on the wards and in the community

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Assistant, Speech and Language Therapy
Role ID 0080

To assist professionally qualified speech and language therapists in the delivery of service to adults with learning disabilities, with or without the therapists' presence. To include face to face contact with clients both individually and in groups; and general administrative duties

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Associate Cardiac Practitioner
Role ID 0060

Undertakes a range of non -invasive cardiac procedures.

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Associate Nutritional Practitioner
Role ID 0059

Assesses patients and develops plans of care for nutritional and healthy lifestyle requirements.

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Audio Typist
Role ID 0006

To provide an efficient audio-typing service to support the medical secretaries in a department.

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Audiology Assistant (Paediatrics)
Role ID 0009

To assist the audiology staff in the performance of their duties.