How to Take Responsibility for All Patients in a Team

When you need to take responsibility for every patient currently in your team, you can do this with a single action rather than taking responsibility for patients individually. This is particularly useful during shift changes or when providing cover for colleagues.

• You must be a member of the team whose patients you want to take responsibility for
• You cannot take responsibility if you are not an active member of the team
• Other team members who are on duty will receive notifications for each patient you take responsibility for

1. From the sidebar, click Teams to expand the teams accordion
2. Select the team whose patients you want to take responsibility for
3. The team view opens, showing the team's patient list
4. Click the kebab menu (⋮) in the top navigation bar
5. From the dropdown menu, select Take responsibility for all patients
6. A confirmation dialog appears with the title "Take Responsibility All Patients in Team"
7. The dialog displays the message: "Please confirm that you wish to take responsibility for all patients in this team"
8. Click the Take Responsibility button to confirm
9. The dialog closes automatically and the team view refreshes to show you as the responsible clinician for all patients in the team

• You immediately become the responsible clinician for all patients currently assigned to this team
• Other team members can see that you are now responsible for these patients
• Other users who are on duty will receive notifications informing them that you have taken responsibility for each patient
• The patient list updates to reflect your new responsibilities
• You can now manage handovers, create actions, and update clinical notes for all these patients

• This action only affects patients currently in the team at the time you use this feature -- it does not automatically assign you to new patients added later
• If you need to hand over these patients to a colleague, you can use the "Handover all my patients in this team" option from the same kebab menu
• Before using this feature at the start of a shift, check which patients are currently in the team so you know which patients you're taking responsibility for
• This is different from taking responsibility for a single patient, which you can do from the patient's individual record