Health Care Assistant

Advantages: Meet lovely people,rewarding.
Disadvantages: Cleaning up vomit,etc,early mornings,rates of pay.

...any drugs prescribed for clients health issues. I'll get a half hour break after this. Usually between 1pm and 2pm,the home is silent,as the majority of clients will choose to sleep after their meal. Those that dont,usually amuse themselves,some will have visitors and some will go out for a walk with a Carer. 2.30 - 3pm. This is when another tea trolley goes out. Everyone is awash with tea and coffee and this job usually takes about 30-45 minutes. ...
...Carers. 3-4pm is usually a time where we play Bingo,where they win prizes,such as bubble bath and chocolate! The residents really enjoy this,and those that dont want to play can decide what they want to do,for example listen to music or go for a walk round the village. This may sound easy,but pushing a wheelchair for miles can take its toll! 4pm By now its time for tea. Residents are escorted to the tables again and we will run any trays out. ... Read review

Advantages: Fantastic people, old people ARE cute, satisfaction, first rung on the ladder.
Disadvantages: Minimum wage, smelly stuff, death.

...in Care, Health and Safety, Fire Safety, Heath and Hygiene, Tackling Abuse, Care of Vulnerable Adults, Behaviour Management, First Aid, Aggression Management, Wound care, AND Pressure care All that lot in 2years and I haven't paid a penny!!! The company I work for paid for the whole lot! I have been offered the opportunity to do my NVQ Level3 in care which would enable me to apply for a senior Care Assistant's job (20p wage rise and lots ...
...like? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I work in a Nursing Home. That means that we have clients who have Nursing needs although we do have Residential clients too. The other kinds of home environment would be Residential homes i.e. residential clients only, there are no Nursing staff required. Or an E.M.I. This is a very specific type of home environment designed for the Elderly Mentally Infirm. A Nursing client is someone who needs more assistance and more ... Read review

Advantages: Good pay and prospects, Educational
Disadvantages: Stressful, early mornings and late nights

The job role of a Health Care Assistant or Health Care Support worker as they are now known is a role like no other. Challenging to many and rewarding to all, working as part of a Hospital team can really open your eyes to the world around you. As a HCA your duties are to provide support and assistance to Health care professionals with nursing, domestic and general duties. Working as part of a varied and multidisciplinary team, the HCA position is ...
...I would dabble in the health care industry. However attracted by the idea of ‘pick your own hours’ and reasonable pay, I gave our hospitals nurse bank a try. HCA’s. I was surprised to find that the position of HCA requires no formal qualifications and no nursing experience what so ever. All I needed to join was medical clearance, and a Police check or CRB check (criminal record Beuro) which was easily obtained from my GP. In order ... Read review

Advantages: Phenomonal job satisfaction.
Disadvantages: can be quite upsetting at times.

...in a ‘multi disciplinary team’. Health Care Assistant’s probably have more contact with patients than any other worker in the hospital. There are a variety of duties expected of a H.C.A including; *assisting patients with activities of daily living i.e. washing; Eating; Drinking; Mobility etc where necessary and dependant on individual patients needs. *Monitoring vital sign’s etc, mainly blood pressure; pulse; respirations; blood sugars, temperature, ...
...common sense. As a Health Care Assistant, you can complete NVQ’s, up to NVQ3. These are workplace based qualifications (generally available to most workplaces these days). As each NVQ is completed the pay increases … The salary is approximately 11,000 (with no NVQ) – 13,800 (when completed NVQ3) per annum. With each NVQ completed, responsibility increases; allowing you to do such things as dressings; taking bloods; inserting canuler’s; performing ... Read review

Advantages: job satisfaction
Disadvantages: hard work

...ill nursing home and a Health Care Assistant (HCA) on a urology unit and on the nurse bank, which meant working from ward to ward (medical, surgical, orthopaedic, elderly, gynaecological, ENT, outpatients the list goes on..) all before starting my nurse training and now qualifying (all last). It is the role of the HCA that I am reviewing, A HCA is a valued member of the Multi Disciplinary Team (MDT) who is trained at there own level NVQ 1 & 2. ...
...and female, cannulation, taking blood. Become apart of the link nurse team dealing with manual handling, tissue viability etc. In the hospital I worked in the role of a HCA consists of firstly assisting pt in Roper, Logan and Tierney Activities of Daily Living (ADL’S) maintaining a safe environment, communicating, breathing, eating and drinking, eliminating, personal cleansing and dressing, controlling body temperature, mobilizing, working and playing, ... Read review