Effective Handover
Handover Notes
Effective handover is an essential feature in Care Vision’s software. It provides a clear summary of important handover notes related to care home residents. Whenever a carer logs into the system, they will see a pop-up message reminding them to check the handover information about each resident.
New/Shift Handover
The system flags up any important notes that are written by a carer at the end of their shift that pertain to individual residents. The clear, intuitive layout allows you to see all the details and key data for each resident.
For example, you can follow up on accidents, incidents, injuries, food and fluid intake and more.
Vital Medical Data
Our handover feature helps carers share and access essential information about medical status and ‘vitals’, such as temperature, blood pressure, oxygen level, pulse rate etc.
As soon as carers come on shift, they can quickly inform themselves of any concerns or changes in their residents’ medical condition.
Key Benefits
Review historical handover notes quickly and easily.
No more scrolling through long documents.
Provide essential handover notes between shifts.
Rapidly inform carers about important medical changes.
Frequently Asked Questions
Staff should use their handover period to talk about the social care they have been providing, as well as share issues and worries, update on medical conditions and make sure everyone is aware of anything else of significance that has happened during their shift.
The purpose of a handover is to accurately and reliably transfer task-relevant information across teams or through shift changes, ensuring safe and productive working conditions for residents and staff.
An effective handover should include the following details:
- A list of all the actions and duties you have carried out during the shift and throughout the day.
- A summary of major activities, updates and concerns.
- Any accidents, injuries, health-related incidents and other, vital medical information
- Be organised
- Remain focused
- Stay relevant
- Be concise
- Communicate
- clearly
A handover note is a written (or typed) document that an employee coming to the end of their shift completes and shares with the person relieving them of their duties. It describes the tasks and responsibilities that they have carried out, plus any relevant updates or instructions. When the document is being compiled by someone leaving their employment altogether, a handover note should serve as a manual for the new employee coming in on how to carry out the job’s responsibilities.