Apprentice healthcare science support worker Review

Part of my job is to clean up after we have had patients and to wipe down equipment that is used. I also have to check the room has been vented and clean prior to testing. I do height weight and blood pressure for patients. I also ring patients when they have a query.

I have learnt new communication akills and gained confidence through my new job role. I have also learnt a lot about the body. I have learnt how we clean the rooms as this is particular and how long to vent each room. I have developed my listening skills as every patient requires a different amount of listening.

I really enjoy my programme and can’t weit to be fully qualified. I enjoy my online college lessons and feel I learn a lot from these. Everyone at my work is lovely and will help me whenever I need their help. I feel it will be a really good programme for me.

My programme is really well organised. I always have up to date regular T&D with my work based supervisor. I can also contact my college tutor whenever I need to. We have 6 weeks on college then we have a break for 6 weeks and go to work during these hours. This is to ensure we keep up to date with everything

I receive a lot of support. I can always have a work or contact my supervisor or a senior member of staff or, I can contact my college tutor. I always get helpful feedback on my work so I can update it and progress with it. I have regular meetings with my work based supervisor

We have college every 6 weeks and we have it for 6 weeks. My college tutor offers help and support and 1 to 1 meetings online. We have her email and a number for her work so can contact her whenever and he will always reply to all her emails.

My qualification gives me more information on what I am actually doing. And why I am doing certain tests. For example at work I have learnt how to do blood pressure measurements however at college I have learnt the ins and outs of blood pressure measurements and what they should be.

There are no other activities within my work at the minute however on a Tuesday 2 people from my department go down to a different site called breathing space which is a lovely change and gives us chance to be somewhere else and learn in a different environment. I enjoy this.

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I would recommend it to a friend as it is a lovely hospital and all the staff are so polite they will always speak to you. It is really clean and has cleaners in constantly. You feel really at home when you’re at work because everyone is so lovely and you get so much help and support.

I would do a lot of research on the tasks that it says when you are applying for the job and I would make sure they know about everything including numbers and things. Also, I would say they need to be ready to do long shifts but they will have a day off.