A nurse with management responsibilities for staff and clinical care.

A nurse with specialist training in a specific aspect of care (e.g. skin integrity, dementia).

Doctor with special training and knowledge in a particular area of medicine.

An official who examines the reasons for a person's death, especially if it was violent or unexpected.

A qualified health professional concerned with nutrition and diet.

A doctor based in the community who treats patients with minor or chronic illnesses and refers those with serious conditions to specialists.

A group of health care workers, working collaboratively, who are members of different disciplines providing specific services.

A specialist in rehabilitation who seeks to maintain or improve someone’s level of physical and/or psychological functioning.

A doctor who specialises in psychiatric illnesses and is registered by an appropriate authority.

The range of roles, functions, responsibilities and activities which a registered practitioner is educated, competent and has authority to perform.

Specialist nursing service for wounds that are taking a long time to heal. This includes surgical wounds, leg ulcers or pressure ulcers.

In relation to a person who has capacity, means an advance expression made by the person, in accordance with section 84 (AMD Act, 2015), of his or her will and preferences concerning treatment decisions that may arise in respect of him or her if he or she subsequently lacks capacity.