A Healthy Approach to Your Career

A great job should make you feel alive, energetic, stimulated and most of all excited about going to work. Yes, we all have our down days when the thought of getting out of bed seems like an insurmountable challenge but generally speaking we all strive for a career that makes us happy.  As the saying goes, if you enjoy your job, you never have to work another day in your life.

So we recently asked our customers what makes their job in healthcare so great and what makes them happy. Here are the top five reasons why people working in healthcare are so happy with their career: 

1. Knowing you're making a difference in a sick person's life
2. Colleagues who value your input 
3. A team environment - knowing that someone's got your back
4. Diversity of role - meeting new people everyday and no two days being the same
5. The intellectual stimulation from a constantly evolving environment

Not bad, hey?    If you think a career in healthcare sounds interesting, we've got hundreds of great roles waiting for your application.  So find a new career, start enjoying your job and never work again!

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Midwifery. A Career is Born

A career in Midwifery is the ultimate opportunity for a person looking to help bring new life into the world.

Preparing women mentally and physically for the delivery of a new baby, means that Midwifes play a critical role during all stages of pregnancy, labour and the early postnatal period.  Midwifes can be hospital based or work directly in the community at women's homes or local clinics as they provide advice, care and support for women, helping them make their own decisions about the care and services they access. They care for newborn children, providing health education and parenting support for the first 28 days, after which care transfers to a health visitor.

Many midwifes choose to specialise in a particular area of perinatal care and undertake research in the process.  For more specialised roles in Midwifery, click here:

Generally speaking, the midwife's job role includes (but is not limited to):

• diagnosing, monitoring and examining pregnant women 
• developing, assessing and evaluating individual care 
• providing full antenatal care, including screening tests
• identifying high risk pregnancies and making referrals 
• arranging and providing parenting and health education for the woman
• encouraging participation of family members in the birth to support the mother
• providing counselling and advice before and after screening
• offering support and advice following events such as miscarriage, termination, stillbirth, neonatal abnormality and neonatal death
• supervising and assisting mothers in labour, monitoring the condition of the foetus and using knowledge of drugs and pain management;
• giving support and advice on baby care e.g breast feeding, bathing and making up feeds

If you think a career in Midwifery is right for you, check out the range of jobs available at NHSJobs.