Public Health Policy Officer Business & Administration Professionals

The patients` rights and responsibilities of health practitioners and the possible repercussions and prosecutions in relation to medical treatment negligence or malpractice.

The principles of health and sickness affecting the population, including the means for health promotion and prevention and community and primary care.

The procedures related to the application of government policies at all levels of public administration.

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Handbook of Public Policy Implementation

Fritz Sager, Céline Ma…

2024

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The structure and function of health care services.

Promote healthy practices and behaviours to ensure that populations stay healthy.

Comply with the regional and national legislation that is relevant to one`s work and apply it in practice.

Promote inclusion in health care and social services and respect diversity of beliefs, culture, values and preferences, keeping in mind the importance of equality and diversity issues.

Identify root causes of problems and submit proposals for effective and long-term solutions.

Establish social projects aimed at community development and active citizen participation.

Effectively assess the healthcare needs and problems of a community.

Assess the effectiveness and efficiency of health services for the community with a view to its improvement.

Contribute to local or national public health campaigns by evaluating health priorities, the government changes in regulations and advertising the new trends in relation to health care and prevention.

Establish how policies should be interpreted and translated within the practice, implementing local and national policies, as well as those of your own practice and proposing developments and improvements to …

Identify and lead changes in healthcare service in response to patient needs and service demand in order to ensure continuous quality improvement of the service.

The managerial tasks and responsibilities required in a health care setting.

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A Handbook for Support Workers in Health and Social Care

Paul Mackreth, Bryony Wa…

2020

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Different elements and phases of project management.

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Ewles and Simnett's Promoting Health: A Practical Guide - E-Book

Angela Scriven, Gareth M…

2023

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Analyse the steps which have been taken in order to reach the organisation's goals in order to assess the progress which has been made, the feasibility of the goals, and …

Apply generation and effective application of business insights and possible opportunities, in order to achieve competitive business advantage on a long-term basis.

Establish affectionate and long-lasting relationships with local communities, e.g. by organising special programms for kindergarden, schools and for dissabled and older people, raising awareness and receiving community appreciation in return.

Research long term possibilities for improvements and plan steps to achieve them.

Conduct research in health related topics and communicate findings orally, through public presentations or by writing reports and other publications.

Take action on the goals and procedures defined at a strategic level in order to mobilise resources and pursue the established strategies.

Maintain the liaison and exchange of information with regional or local authorities.

Establish and maintain cordial working relationships with peers in different governmental agencies.

Maintain good relations with representatives of the local scientific, economic and civil society.

Manage the operations of the implementation of new government policies or changes in existing policies on a national or regional level as well as the staff involved in the implementation …

Monitor and analyse regulations, policies and changes in these regulations in order to assess how they impact social work and services.

Gather, assess and represent data about target market and customers in order to facilitate strategic development and feasibility studies. Identify market trends.

Manage and plan various resources, such as human resources, budget, deadline, results, and quality necessary for a specific project, and monitor the project's progress in order to achieve a specific …

Produce research documents or give presentations to report the results of a conducted research and analysis project, indicating the analysis procedures and methods which led to the results, as well …

Report results and conclusions on society's social development in an intelligible way, presenting these orally and in written form to a range of audiences from non-experts to experts.

Present research to policy makers, health care providers, and educators to encourage improvements in public health.