Health Care Assistant

...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. ...

rosierozi 06.01.2008 · Read full review
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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 ...

the_evil_aku 17.07.2004 · Read full review
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...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 ...

nereesa85 02.11.2005 · Read full review
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...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 ...

L0BSTER_QUADRILLE 23.04.2004 · Read full review
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...attempting an NVQ 2 in Health and Social Care which my company is financing. I must admit at 51 (not that old I know) I am finding it hard to re start to study again after so many years. We are not medical people, and can only remind clients to take their medication, and it certainly isn't all about wiping bums etc although that does come into it sometimes. And Of course one day these people will leave us either for a resedential home or in death.I ...
...it when it is bound to happen We will all be old and in need of some care one day. I would hope there would be some one out there like me to help me stay in my own home for as long as possible. I don't know whether this review will help anyone considering this kind of work, or employng someone for their loved one. I have written it from my heart and as I see it really. ...

Alison3 03.11.2008 · Read full review
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...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, ...

NURSE_BETTY 26.04.2004 · Read full review
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...the job as a temporary Health Care Assistant on a Care Of The Elderly Ward at one of the local hospitals. It was a 3-month contract and I decided that while I was doing this I would gain some experience and join the nurse ‘bank’. So that when it did end if I had not secured a more permanent position in the Trust by then I would be able to work as and when I could get shifts with the ‘bank’. This was April 4th 1994!! By August ...
...that the role of the Health Care Assistant, or whatever name they go under in other hospital trusts, can differ from ward to ward. Our unit ‘trained’ their HCA’s up to do the basic admission paperwork for new patients. We were also shown how to do BM’s (the measure of blood sugar levels in diabetic patients), remove Venflons (the plastic catheter tube that is sometimes inserted into a patients vein so that the trained nurse ...

kazziebears 24.03.2002 · Read full review
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At around the age of sixteen I left school, due to the fact that they were only offering an NVQ in Leisure and Tourism, this was`nt for me so I left in November 1996. My mum was`nt an easy person, she did`nt allow me to join the YTP as it was known then, by joining this I would be payed £32 a week for working in a work placement job and she was`nt having this. Before leaving school, I had already decided that I wanted to look after the elderly, ...
...shortly after Christmas I went for an interview and a few days later, the Nursing Home informed me that I got the job. First few weeks Well I was basically thrown in at the deep end, I had no training, only other members of staff teaching me the basics, like how to lift properly etc, we done 12 hour shifts back then and got £2.80 per hour, however although the shifts were long and the money low, I knew this was the job for me, eventually I did ...

jenny967 07.01.2008 · Read full review
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...because the position stands between Health Care Assistant and a Theatre Technician. So you can see you play a more technical role. Imagine this life of all competencies, Obstetrics and Gynaecology is my domain. Yes, I Help to deliver many babies everyday and once you have witnessed this.You will certainly have the wow factor. Other competencies include Urology, Ear Nose Throat, General and Orthopaedics, Bones to you and many other operations that ...
...This role can be very demanding and very tiring not only from the physical side and mentally, but also from Anaesthetic machine, you are yourself without knowing it being anaesthetised most of the day. But only small amounts! But enough to make you tired before the shift is done. By the second day you have become accustomed to it. Technical it is! And the rewards you get from being in such a prime position are tremendous Life working in an Operating ...

halk 25.03.2007 · Read full review
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I was just being made redundant from a boring tedious job of picking and packing eggs. I had worked 7 yrs of weekends and bank holidays so I decided that I wanted to try something completely different. It wasn't a hard job but it involved alot of lifting. A friend told me about her job in a local nursing home and said she thought I ought to give it a go. I thought about what she had told me and decided to give it a try. Caring is a demanding but ...
...can do to earn some money. People do come into the profession because it pays more than minimum wage but they don't stay long. It takes a caring person, empathy, compassion, commitment, flexibility and much more to be able to do the job. I have been in the profession for nearly 7 years as a carer and a manager. I find the work very rewarding and get job satisfaction from helping others achieve something they thought they could no longer do. Helping ...

shelleyone 29.04.2007 (23.07.2007) · Read full review
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I work as a care assistant on the dementia (SRC) unit of a residential care home. I've held my current post for a year now, having started off work in the kitchen. On the SRC unit we have 12 residents with varying needs, which is why I find it so interesting and rewarding. There are those who are more aware of their situation and surroundings and only get the odd moment of confusion about what time of day it is, for example, and then there are those ...
...lot of time looking for their parents. Some experience hallucinations and delusions, thinking their rooms have been bugged or someone is trying to murder them, and others have difficulty communicating - they know what they want to say, but the wrong words come out and us carers have to try and decipher what they are meaning. The different shifts each day are 7-2, 7.30-4, 2-9.30 and 4-9.30, each with a 30-minute unpaid break. As well as these care ...

AddisonForbes 21.06.2008 · Read full review
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My job is very similar except for the fact that I work in a private care home and I work with residents with disabilites or learning diffculties. The day starts at 8am with a cup of coffee and a hand over from the night carer.It is then all systems go with showers, followed by breakfast and laundry distribution to appropriate rooms. I then clear away breakfast dishes and check all residents to make sure that they have everything they need to go ...
...box, money, and spare underwear ! I drive certain residents to the centre and check them in and safely hand them over to the staff. I then return to the home where the real work starts. All rooms have to be cleaned,bed linen changed if needed and sufficient towels ,loo rolls, and toiletries in the room for when the resident returns. In between rooms the laundry has to be kept up to date and the halls,sitting room and bedrooms are vacumed. Now it ...

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