What needs to be considered when the roles and responsibilities of staff are delegated to ensure that all legal and ethical requirements are met? IDENTIFYING JOB RESPONSIBILITIES When we were discussing the components of your duty of care, we said that a 'reasonable health assistant' does things according to 'their skills, training, duties and job description'. Your responsibilities or duties within a service will vary according to the type of service that is being provided and the number, skills and experience of the people that you work with. The services may range from large organisations with several qualified and unqualified staff members to a small home and community care service where you may be working with only one other person, or even by yourself. Hence, your job responsibilities in contributing to the service will vary depending on the range of different duties to be performed within the day by the service team members. To enable you to identify your responsibilities and complete your duties as an allied health assistant, you will need to refer to a position specification for your job, commonly known as a job description. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Health services is a vast field that encompasses all the