eMAR has its own role hierarchy on top of Carerealm's realm-level roles:
Role | Typical permissions |
|---|---|
Staff | Record administrations. Cannot create medications or change settings. |
Senior carer | Staff permissions + approve overrides and act as a CD witness. Cannot edit settings. |
Manager | Senior + create / edit medications, manage approvals, run statistics. |
Administrator | Full access including settings, role assignments, retention, scheduled sheets. |
Note — These are the actual role identifiers used in the database:
staff,senior_carer,manager,admin. Carerealm does NOT have a separate "Nurse" role — services who need nurse-specific gating typically assign nurses to Senior carer (for ward-level work) or Manager (for nurses-in-charge).
Managing roles
Open eMAR → More → Roles. Realm admins can assign roles per-user. The role takes effect on the user's next page load.