Category: Healthcare

Allied health jobs: front line, or subject to NHS reorganisation?

Emma

It is less certain than ever what implications the government’s shake-up of the NHS will have on various parts of the health service. To begin with, it looked that the coalition would be doing away with the Primary Care Trusts, or PCTs, and putting doctors’ surgeries in control of their own budgets. The principle was that this would allow them to order their own services. Under the umbrella-policy of Big Society, the reason for this is that localism and decentralisation is felt to be an inherently positive thing. GPs know their patients’ needs – which will change from area to area – far better than top-down, centralised management. However, at the same time, the coalition stressed the need for savings. Front-line services would be protected, it promised, and the NHS budget would definitely not be cut, but efficiencies were necessary. What this meant for allied health jobs – such as jobs in radiography, speech therapies, counselling, jobs in occupational therapy and the like – wasn’t clear.

Now, whatever clarity there was has gone with the ‘listening process’ that has led to dissent among both politicians and health professionals, and far-reaching changes to the slated reforms. This essentially means that the Sword of Damocles has not yet fallen, and the date of its falling may have been postponed for a few weeks or months – in other words, the only certainty at this point is uncertainty. This is terrible for people in those positions, since they are prevented from planning their futures. It’s not certain what the situation will be for them, either in the jobs they currently have or the career landscape that will arise at some point over the next year or two, when the reforms (whatever shape they take) are brought into being.

Those in allied health jobs would be forgiven for searching around for an escape route, and it’s well worth knowing what’s out there. Check out one of the specialist job sites that deals with this niche, and hunt out those jobs in radiography or jobs in occupational health that you might need as a safety net. Also bear in mind that different places might deal differently with different services. For example, in some areas counselling is delivered directly by the Primary Care Trust. In others, it is delivered by the individual GP surgeries. Knowing which is which could be handy if you think you might need to secure a new job at short notice.

Please visit http://www.abouthealthprofessionals.co.uk/ for further information about this topic.

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Care Home Manager Jobs require more than just qualifications

Jo

When looking for appropriate residential care for a vulnerable person, such as a pensioner in need of nursing care or a teenager with considerable physical disabilities, two factors are crucial served, even with a superb team of  carers. This is why Care home manager jobs need to be filled with top quality personnel with the appropriate qualifications and relevant experience. Nursing Home manager jobs will present different challenges to those in, for instance, children’s homes which is why filling Home Manager Jobs with the right people in a diverse market can be time-consuming.

Many vacancies in this field require a nursing qualification as well as care home management experience and qualifications. Evidently, as in any field, it is an enormous advantage to have done the day-to-day tasks which those staff answering to you are being asked to do. This intimate understanding of the details of care will evidently inform excellent management of the care setting. However, increasingly, the specialist skills of home management are also being documented with additional qualifications such as NVQs in care or learning disabilities.

Given that care home manager jobs require more than the skills gained through even years of experience in a nursing or caring role, personnel departments are increasingly using specialist recruitment agencies in order to locate the right people to manage homes. Some, such as About Care, also provide a career progression service for their clients, helping those interested in future management roles to identify the post they need to gain much-needed experience. Recruitment agencies can help save personnel departments time and advertising budget as their on-line presence makes them accessible to those thinking of moving to the area as well as those already local to the care home.

For the candidate looking to progress their career, recruitment agencies can be of assistance in using their experience to pin-point a vacancy which will fill in the gaps in a client’s CV to date and help them gain the experience they need for the next step up the ladder.

At the end of the day, despite the usefulness of qualifications in showing a candidate’s suitability for a certain post, experience in a relevant environment is still a prerequisite for the overall majority of those wishing to take on more senior roles such as care home manager jobs. The most desirable nursing home manager jobs tend to be reserved for those with qualifications across both the nursing and the care management spectrums but, again, experience in the sector will almost always the crucial element on a candidate’s CV that gain home manager jobs.

Please visit http://www.aboutcare.co.uk/ for further information about this topic.

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Jobs In Radiography are Just One Example in the Field of Allied Health!

Stuart

Allied health jobs are very important professions and can be extremely rewarding, not to mention varied. They range from jobs in occupational therapy to jobs in radiography, and include everything in between. If you are after such jobs, whether you are an experienced professional looking for a change and a fresh start, or just looking to start out in the profession, it is definitely a good idea to consult a recruitment specialist in the field. They will be able to tell you everything you need to know about demands, salaries, requirements and responsibilities when looking for a new job in the field.

Allied health is defined as a health care profession that does not include the core medical health professions. Doctors, dentists and nurses, for example, fall into a different classification. In the UK there are ten recognised categories into which these jobs are put. They are occupational therapy; paramedics; physiotherapy; prosthetics and orthotics; orthotics; radiography; dietetics; speech and language therapy; and chiropody/podiatry. Depending on which of these you might be interested in going into, requirements will vary as much as the jobs themselves.

Even within one of these fields there can be a lot of variety. For instance, in order to become an occupational therapist, you need to satisfy demands that are dependent on various things, such as the type of people you want to work with – for example, children, adults, disabled people (mentally or physically), or the elderly – and where you want to operate, as well as what sort of problems you want to help solve. Jobs in occupational therapy work on the principle that occupation – such as activities, jobs, or hobbies – can contribute to the recovery or improvement of the patient’s physical or mental welfare. So, clearly this means that there is a vast amount of scope for variation. Going into radiography is very different: budding radiographers know exactly the requirements for them to join the profession, depending on which country they want to practice in and which area of the profession they want to practice. In the UK they must complete a BSc degree and register with the Health Professions Council.

The health industry relies not only on doctors and nurses, but also on a whole array of professionals in allied health jobs, from jobs in occupational therapy to jobs in radiography. If you want to join one of these professions, you should speak to a recruiter now.

Please visit http://www.abouthealthprofessionals.co.uk/ for further information about this topic.

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