My main job role as a mental health support worker will be developing treatment plans in collaboration with other healthcare professionals, administering medication, monitoring patients' physical and mental health, keeping accurate records, supervising patients to ensure their safety, performing risk assessments, and giving practical support to patients and their families, such as with personal care and educating patients' families and those patients they live with about mental health issues and how they can help. Proving emotional support and reassurance to patients and their families.
Years of post-secondary education3
Technical skills in venipuncture, drawing blood from patients for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes Taking vital signs using the National Early Warning Score 2 to assess a patient's risk of deteriorating can help me identify patients who need closer monitoring or intervention
I also do physical measurements, which include height, weight, and waist circumference I also perform POCT screening for total cholesterol and Lipid profiles