As part of the Social Care Services, the medical assistant plays an absolutely critical role. It is a figure that, essentially, takes care assistance and care of people with difficulty, mostly elderly. A Medical Assistant can work delivery, in hospital or in residential facilities such as RSA. The Social Health Operator is not a doctor, but a professional who has to have different talents and skills. And that, above all, he is called upon to take important responsibilities. Working in Social Care Services means first understanding the needs of people. All activities of a Medical Assistant  are directed to the patient and witnessed to the surrounding environment.

Medical Assistant: duties and skills

The job of a medical assistant takes place according to a precise schedule. Below, the main activities of a Social Health Operator:

–       Detection of the client’s condition, in order to eliminate, in the surrounding environment, all that can create further difficulties to the patient.

–          Dialogue with the assisted family. Skills: listening, observing, communication.

–          The assisted support in daily activities (personal hygiene, housekeeping, meal preparation, etc.).

–          Basic nursing care.

–     Organization and management of recreational and relational. With the aim of encouraging the patient’s reintegration into society.

–          To complete the program established for the patient.

The Social Health Operator is called to deal with constantly even of its own professional development. Welcomed the transmission of its experience to colleagues and collaborators. As well as monitoring the quality of services offered by the structure.

As you become a medical social worker?

The formation of the figure of a Medical Assistant is primarily entrusted to the Regions. However, as required, the competent authorities may assign the training of the operators also to public institutions or private companies operating in the healthcare sector.

According to the current legislation, to become social health requires a training of at least 50 hours and a 100 hours internship. With a final exam.

The teaching materials are divided into 4 main areas:

–          Socio-cultural, institutional and legal area

–          Psychological and social area

–          Health and medical area

–          Operational technical area.

Gruppo La Meridiana: the services of the Cooperative XI Luglio

Public and private institutions can be found in our cooperative XI Luglio a concrete partner, complete and reliable, for the recruitment and training of health staff.

Our experience also includes home care and guidance and psycho-pedagogical support for group training and individual.

This is, in detail, our offer:

–      Medical services, medical cardiology and radiology services , nursing and physiotherapy delivery

–       Transport with ambulance

–       Management of RSA and / or whole areas of public and private health facilities

–       Multi-specialist medical consultations

–       Health surveillance and occupational medicine.

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