Code of Practice For Private Hospitals, Nursing Homes and ...

4.5.2 In the absence of a nursing head, another nurse registered with the
Hong Kong Nursing Council is authorised to act for him/her.
4.5.3 Nurses who have received relevant training are preferred to be the
nurse-in-charge in the following specialties – intensive care units,
cardiac catheterisation centres, operation theatres, emergency
services, maternity and neonatal services and haemodialysis
units.
4.5.4 There is a contingency plan for ensuring adequate nursing staff at
all times.
4.6 Health Care Assistants/Personal Care Workers/Clinic Assistants/
Ward Assistants
4.6.1 All health care assistants/personal care workers/clinic
assistants/ward assistants have undergone training and being
assessed to be competent.
4.6.2 They work under the supervision of nursing or other health
professional staff.
4.6.3 Policies and procedures that are relevant to their areas of work are
presented in a form that they can understand.
4.7 Agency Staff
4.7.1 All agency staff should have an appropriate induction and are
made aware of current policies and procedures of the
establishment.
4.7.2 The establishment should vet the qualification of agency staff in
the case of professional staff. The performance of the agency
staff should be monitored.
4.7.3 The staff of the establishment should not influence the patients to
employ agency staff.
4.7.4 Where a patient wishes to employ agency staff, there is written
information made available to the patient on the qualifications
and charges of different types of agency staff.
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