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.
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.
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.
First developed 2010. The level 8 specialist practitioner role will provide professional and managerial leadership within the speciality of oncology.
First point of contact for all visitors and to receive all incoming calls.
To provide a comprehensive and high quality administrative service to the placement support team
To provide high quality secretarial support to specific Primary Care Clinics.
Developed in 2011 as part of the work of the National Cancer Action Team.
The advanced pharmacy technician (oncology) role is part of the clinical oncology team in an oncology centre. First developed 2011.
Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.
Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting waiting times initiative.
The Macmillan clinical nurse specialist may support people across the whole care pathway or at specific phases of the pathway.
An arthroplasty practitioner delivers management and care, throughout the patient journey, to patients undergoing arthroplasty surgery.
Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.
Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.
Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.
Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.
Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.
Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.
Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.
Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.
Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.
Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.
Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.
Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.
Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.
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.
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.
First developed in 2011 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing harm from alcohol misuse work.
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
The individual will provide financial and administrative support to the financial accounting section of the finance department.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This role is an assistant practitioner at Birmingham Wheelchair Service. The role supports occupational therapists and rehabilitation engineers.
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.
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 .
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
This person supports the falls prevention co-ordinator across the PCT.
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.
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.
This role is concerned with maximising an individuals abilities within the recovery process. First developed 2011
This role was developed with Yorkshire & The Humber SHA in 2009.
The assistant practitioner will carry out general radiography and fluoroscopy with a registered radiographer available for reference and advice.
Developed in 2014 with NHS Tayside. This role is part of the team delivering neonatal care.
To work with qualified physiotherapy staff to provide an integrated service for patients in the intermediate care and community settings
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
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.
Provides assistance in specialist clinical neurophysiology service in a limited range of procedures.
The post holder will provide a competent technical support service to occupational therapists.
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
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
Undertakes a range of non -invasive cardiac procedures.
Assesses patients and develops plans of care for nutritional and healthy lifestyle requirements.
To provide an efficient audio-typing service to support the medical secretaries in a department.
To assist the audiology staff in the performance of their duties.
To be familiar with the day-to-day analytical methods in use in all the sections of the laboratory and the scientific and medical principles behind their use.
First developed in 2009 as part of the National Waiting Times Initiative.
This role was first developed in 2009 by a national working group. It is intended that this template is the basis for all bowel screening administrators
Responsible for organising and running an ECG service at a community hospital, without direct supervision.
This role provides practical support, advice and guidance to service users regarding the use of assistive technology. The role will also deliver direct support to service users but they will not deliver personal care. There is a strong element of enablement for service users, families and staff.
First developed 2010. Knowledge of chemotherapy will be required in both depth and breadth and the practitioner should engage in regular scholarly activity to test out their knowledge base and ensure it is up to date.
This role provides a range of clinical and administrative support activities to registered health and social care professionals following agreed protocols. First developed 2011
Responsible for delivering the Choosing Health Breastfeeding project.
To be responsible for the planning and delivery of clinical professional management aspects of dietetics prioritising clinical needs to provide an effective service.
To be responsible for the planning and delivery of clinical professional management aspects of occupational therapy in the local area of Adult Mental Health Directorate prioritising clinical needs to provide an effective service.
To take overall responsibility and accountability for the clinical management of the prosthetic service
Colon hydrotherapy is a complementary practice Colon hydrotherapists are autonomous practitioners usually in the private sector, individually or in a clinic setting. Their therapeutic approach is client centred, using colon hydrotherapy techniques together with health education and promotion.
To support the community nutrition programme by helping to facilitate and organise the running of weight management/support groups
Based in a primary care or community setting, the role will assist and advise people (working one to one) to navigate local services to assist them to deal with mental health issues.
Provide accurate and up to date information and advice to all those referred to the service First developed 2014
The community nursery nurse will participate in the implementation and review of programmes of care and promote the health and wellbeing of families. First developed 2011
The consultant nurse practitioner (CNP) is an expert practitioner in palliative care with a high level of responsibility for the development and delivery of clinical services
To provide clinical advice for dysphagia cases in all directorates in the trust
To be responsible for clinical leadership to develop a specialist rehabilitation unit for stroke.
This role was first developed in 2011 as part of the extensive work of the Cheshire and Mersey Critical Care Network and Skills for Health Project, identifying the learning and development needs of the critical care workforce.
This role was first developed in 2011 as part of the extensive work of the Cheshire and Mersey Critical Care Network and Skills for Health Project, identifying the learning and development needs of the critical care workforce.
Participating in the day to day work of the cytology department, the post-holder will also have special responsibility for the upkeep of the cytology computer
To assist the information administrator with the day to day management of data.
To provide a point of contact for customers requiring information on issues and services related to dementia. First developed 2011
Assesses patients and develops plans of care for nutritional and health lifestyle requirements.
Assesses patients and develops plans of care for nutritional and healthy lifestyle requirements
To provide and develop an effective and evidence-based general dietetic service to designated wards and outpatient clinics.
To undertake all scanning and photographic print work within the department of Medical Illustration. To undertake image manipulation, template production and printing of clinical records for case notes to support the medical photographic staff
The EAT technicians set up, maintain and provide reactive call out to repair EC and AAC equipment.
Responsible for the first point of communication with patients, patients relatives, healthcare professionals, other emergency services
The environmental control (EC) assessor carries out assessments with children and adults that have been referred to ACT to establish their goals and needs for environmental control and computer access.
This role incorporates nursing and some therapy tasks. The role holder will follow planned care programmes and be supervised by a registered professional or a level 4 support worker. They will be based on the inpatient ward.
This role incorporates nursing and some therapy tasks. The role holder will follow planned care programmes and be supervised by a registered professional or a level 4 support worker.
This role incorporates nursing and some therapy tasks. The role holder will follow planned care programmes and be supervised by a registered professional or a level 4 support worker. The role is based on the inpatient ward.
This role incorporates nursing and some therapy tasks. The role holder will follow planned care programmes and be supervised by a registered professional. They will be based on the inpatient ward.
This role is focussed on the monitoring of frail elderly people in their own homes with the intention of supporting those individuals and their carers to be as independent as possible for as long as possible.
To undertake upper and lower GI physiological investigation, including intubation of the upper and lower GI tract and breath tests.
Providing a range of health and social care activities to enable people with long term conditions to remain safely in their own homes for as long as possible. The role supports registered health/social care professionals and follows agreed standards and pathways to ensure safe practice.
This template outlines the key tasks and functions with which a GP practice receptionist will need to be competent. This is a role which requires a range of skills and attributes.
The senior health care assistant - chemotherapy will support service delivery across all chemotherapy settings within Velindre Cancer Centre (VCC) service including inpatients, outpatients, day units, outreach and mobile units.
To support the implementation of Public Health and education strategies to improve the health and educational attainment of children and young people in educational and informal settings
To lead in the implementation of screening, and related programmes in accordance with national/regional policy/strategy
To contribute and advise on the implementation of specialist local health improvement programmes
The post holder will provide a comprehensive administration service to the health trainer team and will be the first point of contact for clients and referrers.
Health trainers provide confidential support to people looking to improve their health by encouraging and supporting people to lead a healthier lifestyle
Working as part of a multidisciplinary team and providing services to inpatients and community based patients within this innovative service for people with physical needs and confusional states.
Working as part of a multidisciplinary team and contributing occupational therapy skills to the care of patients in the Home from Home Service.
Working as part of a multidisciplinary team this role will bring physiotherapy skills to inpatients and patients based in the community.
This role is based in the Home from Home team, it is intended to cover senior level key tasks and may undertake work in the community or with patients in the inpatient service.
Working under the supervision of registered professionals and higher level support workers the level 2 support worker will work across the service in both hospital and the community.
This role will support the delivery of service to inpatients and community based patients. Supervised by either a registered practitioner or on occasion by a level 4 support worker they will work with patients and their carers to achieve agreed goals and to maintain independence.
This role will support registered practitioners in the delivery of a new and innovative service for people who are admitted to acute care with a physical illness in addition to confusion. The role holder will work both in the community and in the unit.
The practitioner will work across all clinical areas in the directorate including in-house services and community/outreach.
This role will support registered staff to provide palliative care to patients and their families.
This role supports patients and carers in line with palliative care principles.
To provide a comprehensive human resources administration service within the generalist HR team.
This role is an add on to any role in health or social care. It was first developed in 2010 as part of the Department of Health (England) suite of roles to minimise the harm from alcohol misuse.
This role carries direct responsibility for infection control and prevention across an area.
To provide high quality data collection and interpretation for specific primary care
The role will particularly support staff from levels 1 to 4 but will work across all levels of staff within the workplace
This role provides a range of clinical and administrative support activities to registered health and social care professionals following agreed protocolsrnFirst developed 2011
The worker will exercise a degree of autonomy and will be able to prioritise own delegated workload. They may have responsibility for supervising some staff. May be responsible for delegating defined tasks.
This role supports the delivery of services to patients in the community. Working under the supervision the role holder will work with people who have complex and multiple diagnosis longer term conditions, palliative care needs, mental health and severe disabilities.
This is a task orientated role which supports people with complex and multiple diagnosis long term conditions in the community.This is a development role which may enable the individual to develop the necessary skills to further their careers pathway.
To encompass the activities at Level 7 in a community LDP team.
To encompass all of the activities at Level 4 in a community LDP team.
To encompass the activities at Level 5 in a community LDP team.
To encompass the activities at Level 6 in a community LDP team.
To encompass the activities at Level 3 in a community LDP team.
Developed with the National Bowel Screening Group to reduce waiting times. First developed in 2009
A volunteer role working within the Asian Muslim community.The purpose of this role is to help improve the quality of life for Asian Muslim individuals living with a life limiting condition and their families and carers.
Maternity support workers complement the role of the midwife. Initially developed prior to 2011.
Maternity support workers complement the role of the midwife in provision of care and support to women and their families. First developed 2011
To provide diagnostic and repair services to electrical, plumbing, mechanical plant and equipment, steam installations, refrigeration and air conditioning services
Lead on the management of Medical Illustration services. Responsible for staff, finances, policy, quality control and service delivery of all Medical Illustration services.
The post holder will ensure the delivery of a comprehensive high quality medical secretarial and administrative service to the consultant doctor and junior medical team.
To work with the performance manager on the delivery of the directorate based medical staffing workload and to act as deputy for the performance manager during periods of absence
To assist the registered nurse in carrying out direct nursing care in a mental health service.
First developed in 2011, a midwife sonographer expands the midwifes' practice beyond the scope of basic midwifery.
Nail care is not a podiatry service; it provides routine care for normal toe nails and feet as well as finger nails and hands. The nail carer will also be taught to give low level falls prevention advice and encouraged to signpost to appropriate health promotion type services.
Navigators provide effective guidance to service users regarding services and information available to them
The non-medical consultant practitioner is an expert practitioner with a high level of responsibility for the development and delivery of services. The characteristics of the level 8 practitioner are intended to be broad descriptors which can be interpreted or contextualised at a local level.
All non-medical endoscopists need to achieve the same level of competency as their medical colleagues. This role describes a non-medical endoscopist and was mapped to endoscopy competencies. The term Advanced Practitioner is not used in the field of endoscopy; the term NME is preferred.
This role was developed as part of a suite of roles by the National Cancer Action Team assisted by representatives of UK Oncology Nursing Society; Royal College of Nursing and British Oncology Pharmacy Association.
Provide direct delivery of care to patients with dementia through enhanced skills, either on a 1 to 1 basis or group of patients.
To undertake occupational therapy assessments for a designated caseload, addressing occupational performance and skill deficits
To be responsible for managing his or her own caseload with clinical supervision from Senior Occupational Therapists. To use this support to reflect and learn from practice
To carry responsibility for the provision of occupational therapy input to the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit, dealing with service users with a high degree of challenge, working within the defined policies and procedures for this area.
To manage a complex caseload of clients, using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
In the role of expert practitioner, to provide the clinical leadership to enable the provision of a defined service.
The assistant will provide a highly competent technical service supporting occupational therapist in delivering a service mainly to patients from the burns & plastics speciality, in & out patients, adults and children
To manage the Chairman and Chief Executives Office and their immediate team, ensuring quality admin support to the Trust Board, its sub committees, and the Corporate Management Team.
The operating theatre maternity support worker complements the care provided to maternity patients undergoing procedures in the operating theatre.
Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.
To manage resources effectively to ensure that orthoptic department spending is within general ophthalmology budgetary requirements
The post holder will provide a competent technical support service to occupational therapists working across all sites of the Trust
Take a clinical lead as an orthotic specialist in a multi-disciplinary setting. Work autonomously managing own time/caseload, guided by Orthotic professional principles and peers.
First developed in 2009 as part of the reducing waiting times initiative set by Department of Health England.
Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.
Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.
Responsible for the day to day management of referrals from primary care to a range of clinics.
To be responsible for the provision of an efficient and effective secretarial service for the Clinical Interface Services Management Team
To co-ordinate specialist administrative arrangements and provide a full secretarial service for the child protection service.
The post holder will be trained as a phlebotomist to take blood samples.
Physician associates are broadly based healthcare professionals who may work in primary and secondary care. They can work in all specialties and deal with the whole range of clinical presentations and problems.
To formulate and deliver an individual physiotherapy treatment programme, both to individual patients and to groups, based on a sound knowledge of evidence based practice and treatment options.
To be part of a team that triages orthopaedic referrals from GPs into the secondary care system and to direct the patient into the appropriate service
To be responsible for the planning and delivery of clinical professional management aspects of physiotherapy in the Mental Health Services Older People prioritising clinical needs to provide an effective service.
The post holder provides clinical, administrative and housekeeping support.
Provide advanced wound care and management of diabetic foot conditions at various sites including acute settings, health centres, care homes and patients own homes.
To be the departmental and countywide clinical lead for Vascular Foot Disease and work as a member of the Regional Vascular Unit.
Point of Care Testing - An analytical test undertaken by a member of the healthcare team or by a non-medical individual in a setting distinct from a normal hospital laboratory.
This role supports midwives by working with young and/or vulnerable mothers to be. First developed in 2010
The Promoting Skin Health Role relates to anyone at any level who might be required to help to make comfortable, move or provide personal care for an individual.
To undertake unsupervised and be accountable for imaging examinations of patients.
To provide formal written reports of plain film examinations to referring clinicians, which are permanently stored in the patients notes and on the Radiology Management System.
Work as member of the multidisciplinary team of cardiologists, radiographers, nurses, cardiac technicians and healthcare assistants
Career Framework Levels 5-7 To help people to accommodate their illness or condition and maximise their level of independence by learning or relearning the skills necessary for daily living
To provide a point of contact for patients and act as a focal point of communication between patients, doctors and other health care professionals. To supervise, oversee and coordinate the reception staff.
Ensure there is a welcoming and friendly service as the first point of contact.
Assist in ensuring the delivery of a high quality front of house administrative/secretarial support.
Records Assistants are responsible for the management of documentation.
To provide specialised technical support to patients and staff in clinical aspects of the dialysis treatment.
To undertake the screening of diabetic patients independently and unsupervised
Provide a high quality school nursing service in partnership with team leads in line with a child centred public health agenda.
To provide a comprehensive administrative and secretarial service to specific teams
This role is a component of a job. It is intended to supplement an existing role in acute physical adult care.
Health trainers provide confidential support to people looking to improve their health by encouraging and supporting people to lead a healthier lifestyle, providing relevant health advice and helping people access the right local services
Create, implement and maintain corporate documentation using products from the Microsoft Office Suite
First developed in 2011. This role coordinates the delivery of a comprehensive acute oncology service advising the multidisciplinary team on the appropriate management of acutely unwell oncology patients.
Assess, diagnose and manage communication, feeding and swallowing difficulties, in appropriate locations.
First developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.
Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative.
Working as part of a multidisciplinary team this role supports the delivery of rehabilitation services to referred patients.
This role is based in the stroke team and supports the delivery of rehabilitation services.
Developed in 2009 as part of the Department of Health (England) reducing waiting times initiative
The role will be to manage the administrative assistants on a day to day basis ensuring that the administrative requirements of the service are achieved to the required standards
This level one role is responsible to the registered nurse or designated mentor on duty. All work undertaken will be supervised by the registered nurse or designated mentor.
This level one role is responsible to the registered nurse or designated mentor on duty. All work undertaken will be supervised by the registered nurse or designated mentor.
The post holder is a member of a team providing mental health services in the community
The neonatal health care support worker (NHCSW) acts as a member of the care team within the Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) and maternity under the supervision of midwives, neonatal nurses and other professional staff.
This role will assist in the provision of individualised care under the supervision of the ophthalmic imaging technician.
This level one role is responsible to the registered nurse or designated mentor on duty. All work undertaken will be supervised by the registered nurse or designated mentor.
The single point of access worker will be a first point of contact for the public, staff and service users to support self-care and independence and to enable appropriate access to health and social care services.
The role will support and enable carers of those with, or developing dementia to understand the progress of the condition and to cope with the effects of dementia on their lives whilst promoting their own wellbeing. This role may be a whole job or form part of an existing job.
The telehealth advisor is a key role in the contact centre team, reporting to the senior nurse - telehealth.
The post holder will:- Support the rehabilitation team in the provision of a robust and effective rehabilitation service to the patients under the care of the hospice.
This role encompasses the activities which might be undertaken by a person working at Level 5 in relation to the transition of young people with learning disabilities to adult services.
This role encompasses the activities which might be undertaken by a person working at Level 4 in relation to the transition of young people with learning disabilities into adult services.
Responsible for the day to day running of the vascular laboratory reception, assist during examinations, book appointments to the set protocols
To effectively manage the elective waiting lists for a specific department on a daily basis.
To support the senior nurse/ward nursing team in the maintenance and development of administrative services.
The role will involve supporting people to self-manage long-term conditions
The role will involve supporting people to self-manage long-term conditions.
This role supports the provision of wheelchairs and equipment to referred children and adults in the Birmingham Wheelchair Service.
This role is applicable to senior practitioners based at Birmingham Wheelchair Service.
Work based learning roles are an important factor in ensuring quality services offered by skilled and competent staff.