Medical workers are a separate category of representatives of the Russian population. It is worth noting that this group of persons has a certain status, represented by a set of certain duties and rights provided for by the current law. Next, we consider their list in more detail.
Who is a medical professional
Before proceeding to a detailed study of the list of duties of medical workers and their rights, it is worth paying attention to who belongs to this group of people.
A medical worker is a rather generalized concept. This group includes all doctors of both broad and narrow specializations, whose activities are associated with the prevention, diagnosis and effective treatment of various diseases at a high professional level.
Special attention is currently being paid to the education of medical professionals. It must be special, as well as most of the specializations require high qualifications. It is also separately noted that any medical worker should have a certain set of personal qualities, among which are necessarily present humanity, attentiveness and humanity.
Requirements for Medical Professionals
It is worth noting that modern legislation puts forward a certain list of requirements that any medical worker must comply with. First of all, they relate to the presence of a certain level of special education, as well as additional knowledge:
- current legislation;
- normative acts that are part of the current legislation regarding the healthcare sector;
- in the field of social services.
Of course, any doctor should have an excellent supply of theoretical knowledge corresponding to his qualifications. Moreover, the knowledge gained during the training process, the medical professional must skillfully and effectively use in the practice of providing social and medical services to the population.
In addition to having education and excellent knowledge of the theory, any specialist in the field of medicine should have a certain baggage of real practical skills in treating people. The skills acquired in the course of conducting activities in the field of pediatrics, geriatrics, diagnostics and gerontology are considered standard. The need for all other skills depends entirely on the specific specialization of the doctor.
Among the requirements for a medical professional, it is also worth highlighting that he has a sufficient amount of practical knowledge in the field of working with technical tools, equipment, as well as basic safety rules when carrying out professional activities in his own specialization.
In a number of requirements put forward for medical workers, in addition to all of the above, it is also indicated that any doctor should be able to correctly apply the methods of modern and professional diagnosis of the human body, as well as clearly understand medications and new methods of treating diseases in the field of observation whom he is a specialist. In order to constantly meet all the established requirements, any physician should regularly take advanced training courses, as well as take part in various educational programs aimed at developing new professional skills of a specialist.
General list of rights
Special attention should be paid to the general list of rights of medical workers. The following specialist capabilities are enshrined at the legislative level by the content of Article 10 of the Federal Law "On the Protection of Citizens' Health".
The fundamental rights of health workers include the following:
- to protect dignity and honor (in the field of professional activity);
- to ensure normal conditions for conducting professional activities;
- on decent labor protection;
- to improve professional knowledge;
- to work under a contract or contract;
- retraining in the event that the specialist is not able to fulfill his labor duties for certain valid reasons;
- on insurance of a mistake made in the course of conducting professional activities;
- on the creation of professional organizations of a non-commercial type;
- to use the communication facilities of a medical institution in which the employee works on a free and unhindered basis.
Next, we consider some of the most significant rights of employees of medical institutions in more detail.
The right to engage in professional activities and medical practice
Among the basic rights of workers in the field of medicine, special attention should be paid to the opportunity provided for them to conduct professional activities, but only to those that are acceptable by the level of qualification acquired in the prescribed manner.
It is worth noting that the right to carry out practical activities in the specialty under consideration is reserved only to those persons who have received in the prescribed manner a document confirming the presence of a certain qualification in a particular field (diploma, license, specialist certificate, special rank).
As for medical practice of a private nature, its conduct is allowed only if there is a special license for that, which can only be issued by a licensing and certification commission. In the event that the doctor’s activities are carried out without the availability of this document or at the end of its term, then it is recognized as illegal. Violation of this provision entails criminal or administrative liability.
The right to work under a contract
Current legislation provides all qualified medical professionals with the right to work under an employment contract or contract. Moreover, Russian specialists also have the right to work on such conditions not only in the territory of the Russian Federation, but also abroad. Within the Russian Federation, the conclusion of such contracts with physicians should occur exclusively in accordance with labor law.
The right to protection of dignity and honor
It is worth noting that all categories of medical workers have every right to protect their own honor and dignity in the professional sphere, which is prescribed not only in the Law "On the Protection of Citizens' Health", but also in Art. 152 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation. This also includes the right to protection of business reputation.
It should be noted that the statute of limitations established by law does not apply to the protection of this right. Moreover, physicians, like any other persons, have every right to compensation for moral damage incurred on this basis.
An attempt on the honor and dignity of a medical worker is recognized as actions that were committed by other persons, presented in the form of spreading untrue rumors about a particular doctor or organization of medical workers that are contrary to reality. Also here you can note the slander and insults directed towards the medical worker and, in particular, his professional qualities.
The right to professional error insurance
It is known that in medical practice mistakes are often made. Current legislation provides for the right of physicians to insure it, but only if the damage to the patient was not caused as a result of negligence or negligence or inaction of the physician.
When considering this right, it is worth highlighting a certain list of insured events for which any specialist in the field of medicine is insured for liability:
- death of a patient as a result of an unintentional mistake;
- causing harm to the health of the patient in the process of establishing a diagnosis;
- causing harm during treatment.
Practicing lawyers quite often point out that the problem of professional liability insurance of employees in the medical field of activity is the most urgent at the present time.
To date, the right in question can be realized by concluding a separate civil liability insurance contract. His conclusion occurs when there is a certain risk of harm to the health or life of the patient during a medical intervention. This contract may also be concluded in respect of a third party, with his close relatives.
Within the framework of such a document, in case of certain harm to the patient, the insured (the medical institution in which the specialist works) assumes financial responsibility for the possible harm caused to him during the operation or any other intervention. In this situation, the insured person is a medical worker who treats a person specified in the agreement.
It is worth noting that in the process of concluding such an agreement, the parties must necessarily reach an agreement on the following issues:
- contract time;
- a certain insured event, that is, that particular situation, upon the occurrence of which claims can be made to the insured regarding compensation for material damage for the harm caused;
- the amount of the sum insured payable in the event of a specified situation.
The right to refuse treatment and patient monitoring
The general list of the rights of medical workers includes the possibility of their legitimate refusal to observe a patient or treat him. When considering this point, it is worth paying attention to the criteria for the legality of a refusal, which are:
- absence of a threat to the health and life of the patient as a result of a complete failure;
- the presence of the appropriate sanction of the official of the medical institution, which may be played by the chief physician or the head of a specific department;
- non-compliance by the patient with the established rules of the internal routine of the clinic or the doctor’s prescriptions.
The right to improve professional knowledge
Considering this opportunity presented by the legislator for all representatives of the population included in the group of medical workers, it is worth noting that it is closely related to their obligation to regularly improve their professional skills. It should be noted that the presence of extensive experience in the field of medicine is not a reason for avoiding the passage of continuing education courses for medical workers, as well as educational programs of a different type.
The relevance of the regular use of this right is due to the fact that modern medicine is a rapidly developing industry that requires strict adherence by specialists in this field to all new trends in the treatment of patients.
Additional education that doctors can receive can be presented in the form of:
- thematic training on specific issues (from 72 hours);
- conducting thematic and problematic seminars (72-100 hours);
- long-term training (more than 100 hours), at the end of which the accreditation of a medical worker can be increased. During such training, specialists study certain problems according to the profile of their professional activity.
It is worth noting that upon completion of specialized training certification of medical workers is carried out, during which the level of acquired knowledge is checked.
At the request of the employee, his professional retraining can be carried out. At the end of the course, certification of medical workers and the issuance of a diploma confirming the fact of retraining are also carried out.
It should be noted that specialists in this field are interested in regularly improving their own qualifications, since its level directly affects the size of wages. So, on average, low-skilled medical workers earn about 30,000 rubles, while high-class specialists have a salary of 20-30 thousand higher.
Responsibilities
Having considered the list of rights, it is worth paying special attention to the obligations established by law for a group of medical workers. Speaking of regulatory regulation, it is worth noting that they are prescribed in the content of Articles 70, 71 and 73 of the Federal Law "On the Protection of the Health of Citizens of the Russian Federation".
So, based on the information provided in the indicated sources, the list of doctors' duties includes the following:
- comply with the legislation in force in the Russian Federation in the process of performing their professional activities;
- provide medical assistance in accordance with existing qualifications and job descriptions, as well as official duties;
- prescribe drugs to treat certain diseases, and, if necessary, write prescriptions for them;
- fully comply with the principles of deontology and medical ethics;
- regularly improve their professional level;
- ensure the preservation of medical confidentiality recognized as a result of the exercise of official duties.
About the Federal Register of Health Workers
Considering the topic of duties and rights of workers in the field of medicine, it is worthwhile to pay special attention to the FMIS - a system created at the federal level, with which you can safely monitor the quantitative and qualitative composition of health workers in the Russian Federation.
The database contains information regarding all employees in the field of medicine who have certain qualifications in the field of activity in question.
The main purpose of the Federal Register of Medical Workers is that with its help there are processes of collecting information about medical workers of the country, as well as processing and analysis of the information received. As practice shows, this base is a powerful tool that helps to make various decisions on various issues from the field of healthcare, as well as provides information and analytical support for medical activities.
Among the data entered into this database are indicated not only the F. I. O. of doctors and their place of work, but also the degree of accreditation of medical workers and those areas of activity in which they are outstanding specialists.