Career in Health Care

[SazzyC0]

I am considering maybe a new career direction in healthcare.
I was talking to somebody the other day who works at the Hospital and she said you can get a job and they train you on the job. After looking at the NHS website I'm not sure this is right. Does anyone know how to get into this?

[nku]

Hi SazzyCo. You can get a job at the hospital as a Healthcare Assistant, which you are trained for 'on the job'. This is what I do. If you want to be a nurse, you would have to do a uni diploma or degree. A Healthcare Assistant (HCA) does most of the personal care of patients (i.e - washing / dressing / taking to toilet etc) and also takes blood pressure etc, but doesn't deal with handing out drugs or taking bloods etc. I think it varies from hospital to hospital.

If you want to know anything else then i'll try to help.

hth

N

[nku]

To get into it you would either need to apply when a job vacancy comes up for Healthcare Assistant, or contact the hospital about going on the 'Bank' (basically the hospital's own agency)

[Buenchico]

Further to NKU's post:
http://careersadvice.direct.gov.uk/helpwithyou rcareer/jobprofiles/JobProfile?jobprofileid=19 3&jobprofilename=Healthcare%20Assistant&code=- 416224067

Chris