healthcare assistant interview and outcome
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healthcare assistant
after three medical school rejections (yet to hear from Southampton), i’ve decided to apply for full-time healthcare assistant work. I’ve applied to four different posts (Orthopaedics at one Hospital, two community based clinics and Emergency Department at another Hospital). a bit rogue for a postgrad but a bit needed for a kid without any real job experience.
the interview
tucked away on the gastroenterology ward in the sister hospital of the one i’m applying to. the nurses were extremely kind and warming. the one question i can recall was imagine you’ve got a call bell going off, relative at reception and task you’re halfway doing. how do you prioritise it? i think just being able to more coherently present myself really paid off. i felt more pressure at the first medical school interview - but this one felt like a situation where i’ve got nothing to lose. at the end, the nurses asked - do you feel ready to work in an A&E department? absolutely.
the outcome
anyway news from today is that I have a conditional offer of appointment to be a Healthcare Assistant in the Emergency Department!
just sheer relief that ethics and interview practice has paid off and I’m extremely excited to now proudly become an NHS employee.
And so hopefully this begins a long career in hospital-based healthcare. Medical school applications await in upcoming months but healthcare assistant work is something new to look forward to.