Are you looking to change career and thinking that healthcare appeals, but you’re not qualified?
There are lots of career paths in healthcare, both clinical and non-clinical. Clinical largely requires formal qualifications and training, whereas non-clinical can be obtainable purely from your experience, skills and personality.
Skills learnt from many other roles and industries have transferrable attributes that can be used for a career in healthcare. Most of the time it’s not the ‘hard’ skills that you might immediately think of, such as working as part of a team, good communication or organisational skills. These are important and needed, but there are also the ‘softer’ personality traits which can make the difference. These include a high level of patience, emotional resilience, compassion, and passion to make an impact and help others. These can’t be taught, you’re either naturally those things, or you’re not. If you are, then a career in healthcare could be for you.
But why work in healthcare?
Making a positive impact every single day
Working in healthcare is the opportunity to make a positive impact on people’s lives. Healthcare professionals are at the forefront of saving lives, providing comfort to the sick, and promoting overall wellbeing. Every day offers the chance to change lives and be a source of hope for service users and their families.
When you think of healthcare roles you may just think of roles such as nurses, doctors and support workers to name a few. However, healthcare roles are much broader than that, have you thought of catering or housekeeping? Or what about maintenance roles? There are a wide range of roles that provide indirect support that are all just as important; every meal cooked, every changed bed, every working light switch, all contribute towards delivering great healthcare.
There are multiple ways to work in healthcare whether you want to work in clinical or non-clinical roles. Anyone from any background or role can change to and progress in a healthcare role.
See it for yourself! Ines started as a Housekeeper and through career development and support provided by Elysium is now an Occupational Therapy Assistant! She’s even looking to progress further to become an Occupational Therapist. Watch her story here: Career Development Story – Housekeeper to Occupational Therapy Assistant – YouTube
Career development and opportunity
Healthcare is a constantly growing industry, and as the industry grows, your career could be growing too. Joining the healthcare sector offers fantastic career opportunities, especially here at Elysium. Joining Elysium opens up the opportunity to develop you and your career. We have a dedicated Learning & Development team who offer a huge range of courses and training opportunities, we can even support you going back to school!
Once you start in healthcare you don’t have to just stay in the same role, career development with Elysium can open doors to many different types of roles whether that be down a clinical or non-clinical route, we will guide and support you down your individual path.
Registered Nurse, Liz, tells her story of the career development and progression opportunities she has had while working for Elysium Healthcare. Hear how she was supported to become a qualified nurse: Career Development Story – Healthcare Assistant to Registered Nurse – YouTube
Another example is Debi Alcock, Registered Nursing Associate, who started her career as a Support Worker. With inspiration from family members, life events, experience working as a Support Worker and with the support of Elysium, Debi is now a qualified Nursing Associate who is now studying to become a Mental Health Nurse.
“To begin my training as a Nursing Associate, I needed my Maths and English GCSES at a A-C grade. At first, I was worried about being too old to go back to uni, but then I thought you can do anything you want in life; age shouldn’t hold you back and I have loved my Foundation Degree. I did one day a week of academic learning, and I was based at The Dean site doing work-based learning for the rest of the week. Within 18 months I became a qualified Nursing Associate. Elysium were so supportive throughout the time I was studying. The biggest burden when choosing to study is the financial costs, however this was all covered by Elysium and I was still paid my salary. This allowed me to excel in my career and remain a member of staff.”
Read how she was supported to become a qualified Nurse: Can a Support Worker become a Nurse? – Elysium Careers Blog (elysiumhealthcare.co.uk)
Great benefits
Working in healthcare offers a range of advantages that make it a highly appealing career choice.
One of the more notable benefits is job stability, as the demand for healthcare services remains constant, particularly with the aging population makes job security reassuring in uncertain economic times.
Healthcare positions often come with competitive salaries and great benefit packages reflecting the recognition of the importance of healthcare work and the commitment it requires. Here at Elysium we not only have a dedicated Learning & Development team but a Wellbeing team who are there to look after staff wellbeing, and offer competitions, therapies such as massages and much more.
Don’t just take our word for it, hear from some of our employees talking about their experience working in healthcare with Elysium Elysium Staff Views Snapshot – YouTube
Working in healthcare offers a compelling combination- of job stability, career growth, continuous learning and development, financial benefits, personal fulfilment and the opportunity to positively impact the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in society.
If you are considering a career that combines purpose, stability and growth, healthcare maybe the perfect fit for you. It’s a profession where every day is an opportunity to make the world a healthier and happier place.
Click here to check out our careers page to take the first steps in your career in healthcare.