Health Science Professional. A health care professional function supplementary to Medicine. Instruction – The process of giving guidance and direction to a student. This connotes giving a level of knowledge above orientation or demonstration of procedures.
Health Science Professional. A health care professional function supplementary to Medicine. Instruction - The process of giving guidance and direction to a student. This connotes giving a level of knowledge above orientation or demonstration of procedures. Teaching - To impart by instruction and training the knowledge and skills required by a student to practice her/his profession. Orientation - The process of familiarizing an employee qualified in her/his profession with the policies, procedures or equipment of a facility or of a work area within the facility. General Supervision - Supervision that is general in nature and does not involve supervision of each specific step. The employee has practical access to a Supervisor for guidance and instruction in unclear situations and/or those which deviate from established practices and procedures. Clinical Specialist - An employee designated by the facility as the clinical resource person in a specialized area within a discipline. She/he utilizes expertise gained through special post- graduate education, training and experience, to provide clinical advice and guidance to own and other facilities. In order to qualify as a Clinical Specialist an employee must meet at least half of the following criteria: • regularly involved in teaching or training staff or students in the specialty, including paramedical, nursing, medical or support staff; • regularly asked to consult, i.e. give clinical advice to own discipline or to other health care team members; • involved in planning and assessing treatment policies and procedures for the specialty; • has major role in the planning of the curriculum or practicum for students in their discipline for their specialty area; • consults on their area of expertise to other facilities; • the special post-graduate education, training and experience is recognized as relevant to the required work. Note: Post-graduate education refers to all forms of study over and above the entry level requirement for that discipline. Sole Charge - The only regular full-time or regular part-time employee within the discipline employed at the facility. Regional - An employee who is required to provide an off-site service to other agencies/facilities, for the majority of time.
