clinical support worker Review

My role is to assist the qualified nursing staff in the Photopheresis department in where I work. I try to make there job run as smoothly as possible by keeping stock levels up and a tidy environment. I assist in clinical skills such as venous sampling and cannulation too. I stock up all required equipment on a daily basis. My responsibilities are a wide range of skills. I am also required to sort out patients notes and triage forms for the weekly triage. Fetching patients through on the bed state and discharging. I also assist at other hospitals for our outreach service. I enjoy meeting the patients and really getting to know them on a personal level.

I will start on a positive. The support from our tutor was fantastic and I could not fault that. However as a whole the course was not organised for set go. The date to start to enrol and meet was never what was said. forms was filled in multiple times. meetings at collage never happed when they was set to. one day we sat in collage for 2 hours for no one to turn up. Once we did start the course after a very poor start it was ok it was just unfortunate it was during covid study was suspended but we managed and we did get a regular call from our tutor. The maths and English was just a joke from the start we had 5 tutors in total we had online learning which was very difficult and it took way longer than it ever should have. We got there eventually.

We did get study suspended due to covid but that was everyone in the trust. I can honestly say that apart from that short time it was that the rest of the time I have been fully supported. I have had regular study days set on set days and never felt not supported.

My tutor has been superb and really supported us all throughout the entire course I feel she could not have done any more than she has throughout. She goes above and beyond any needs we have ever asked. The tutors that have come in and out the time we needed have always tried their best too and been very good. It hasn't been consistent enough. We got used to them then they got taken away.

I have felt that the course has helped in a lot of ways. The areas covered in which I don't necessarily do in my role i have found really interesting and helpful when covering in other areas during covid. The mental health unit we did i found most helpful especially through covid.

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I think its a very nice environment to work and I feel looked after. The pension scheme is one of the best. You get 8 weeks holidays a year and full sick pay. This is something less to worry about should you ever need to be off with ill health. Not everyone has this privilege.