Definitions

A Health professional refers to a person who is registered as a practitioner of a particular health profession to deliver health services by a defined scope of practice.

A multidisciplinary team has members of different healthcare professions, each with specialized skills and expertise, who coordinate and communicate with each other to provide quality care.

Culture includes but is not limited to cultures based upon:

1. sexual orientation.
2. cultures within Māori, Pākehā, Pasifika, and Asian groupings, including identification with culture through birth, adoption, genealogy, or whakapapa.

To work collaboratively means to work with one or more people together to achieve a common goal.  An organization’s policies and procedures are the employer’s policies and procedures and include ethical codes, standards, and other organizational requirements. An observer is someone who understands the assessment, works closely with you, and can confirm that you have performed the task competently.

Task 1: Multidisciplinary teams

This task requires you to show your understanding of a multidisciplinary team (MDT) and working collaboratively with others.

1. Describe the structure of a multidisciplinary team in your workplace.

Team members in your multidisciplinary team may include:

support workers.

senior support workers.

peer-mentors.

registered nurses.

health professionals.

people accessing services.

family.

Other team members

2. What are two benefits of working in a multidisciplinary team to achieve team objectives?

3. What are two potential barriers to achieving team objectives when working in a multidisciplinary team?

4.  What are two benefits of working with a person and their family/whānau?

5 . What are two potential barriers when working with a person and their family/whānau?

6. Identify two essential features of a person’s circumstances and describe their impact on their support needs.

family/whānau support.

physical condition(s).

medical history.

significant cultural values.

any other aspect.

7.  Identify four issues that may lead to conflict with a person and their family/whānau or within your team. For each issue, explain:

the situation that might be caused by the issue.

the strategy you would use to manage the situation.

Possible issues could include:

communication breakdown.

differences of opinion.

personal animosity.

expression of sexism or racism.

inappropriate voice modulation and use of language.

non-compliance with your organization’s policies and procedures.

any other issue.

When the assessor agrees that you have completed this task successfully, they will sign it off on the assessment summary page at the front of this assessment.

Task 2: Working collaboratively

For this task, you need to show that you can work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

When completing this task, consider the values, processes, and protocols with working with Māori, Pasifika, and/or people from other cultures.

Complete all the written parts of this task before asking your observer to complete the observation form.

Answer the questions below.

Ask your observer to complete the observation form. Read the form so that you know what is being observed.

Your observer will complete the following observation form and may ask questions about what you are doing or what you have done previously. They may have recently seen you do one or more of these tasks. If so, they can record on the form evidence previously seen, heard, documented, or filed.