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Review of Health Care Assistant by rosierozi

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 ... Read review

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06.01.2008
So....you want to wipe bums for a living?
Review of Health Care Assistant by nereesa85

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

...level2 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 ... Read review

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02.11.2005
The backbone of the NHS
Review of Health Care Assistant by the_evil_aku

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 ... Read review

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17.07.2004
Is this A Career for You???
Review of Health Care Assistant by L0BSTER_QUADRILLE

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

...initiative and 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; ... Read review

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23.04.2004
the life and times of a HCA
Review of Health Care Assistant by NURSE_BETTY

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 & ... Read review

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26.04.2004
I Cared enough to Assist
Review of Health Care Assistant by kazziebears

Advantages: To know that you have made a real difference to someones life
Disadvantages: Can be sad, depressing and hard work at times

...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 ... Read review

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24.03.2002
Caring for the Elderly
Review of Health Care Assistant by jenny967

Advantages: A really rewarding job
Disadvantages: when the residents die it`s heartbreaking

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, ... Read review

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07.01.2008
Medical Technical Officer Operating Theatres
Review of Health Care Assistant by halk

Advantages: Rewarding
Disadvantages: very Demanding and Hard Work

...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 ... Read review

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25.03.2007
Do you care enough to care?
Review of Health Care Assistant by shelleyone

Advantages: Helping people to stay at home, job satisfaction, puts a smile on peoples faces.
Disadvantages: Can be very long hours and some at very short notice.

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 ... Read review

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29.04.2007
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The ups and downs of life as a care assistant
Review of Health Care Assistant by AddisonForbes

Advantages: Interacting with the residents
Disadvantages: Poor pay

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 ... Read review

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21.06.2008
My daily tonic.
Review of Health Care Assistant by headcase44

Advantages: Giving and receiving as much as possible in each day.
Disadvantages: Mountains of paperwork,training and unrealistic wages.

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 off ... Read review

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21.02.2008


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