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Typically, in healthcare jobs you work to create a comfortable environment for patients and to assist them in their daily activities in different healthcare settings ranging from hospitals to clinics and residential homes. Healthcare assistants, for example, will have to be ready and willing to work alongside healthcare professionals in different working environments such as surgery, maternity, community, and mental health to ensure patients' safety, comfort, and first hand care. 

Healthcare assistants have the same roles and duties, but they differ depending on the specific work environment. Therefore, they can be classified according to where they work, such as:

• maternity
• surgery
• mental health
• community 
• the general population 

Others work in nursing homes and patients’ homes as opposed to hospitals and clinics. These jobs can be classified as:

• birth assistant
• patient care assistant
• nursing assistant
• psychiatric assistant

Becoming a Healthcare Assistant is a great entry into the world of healthcare, with minimal qualifications.

There are no set requirements for entering this field but the following qualifications will improve your application:

• GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C) in English and Maths
• a health care qualification
• paid or unpaid experience in health or social care

The skills that employers seek for a role like this include good communication skills, organisation skills and proactiveness as well as the ability to follow instructions accurately.

On a personal level, you need to demonstrate that you can act with discretion and trust. You will be working with vulnerable people and your sensitivity to their privacy and need for respect is paramount.

Above all, you need to be patient, committed to caring and have a great sense of humour.

As well as the skills and qualifications mentioned above, a apprenticeship could also help you to get your foot in the door. An apprenticeship can help you combine practical training with studying.

Some care assistants join the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) as health practitioner members where they can attend training and networking events.

The national average salary for a Healthcare Worker is £20,107 in United Kingdom and the average salary for a Healthcare job in London is £34,279 according to glassdoor.

The largest employer in the UK healthcare sector is the NHS, which employs more than 1.5 million people - placing it in the top five largest workforces in the world. There are more than 350 different roles available within the NHS. The private sector also employs many healthcare workers across the country: of the 1.9 million people in the UK healthcare workforce, 68% reported they were working in the public sector and 32% in the private sector (ONS).

Care jobs and healthcare jobs across the healthcare industry include:

• pharmacy assistant
• healthcare assistant
• physiotherapy assistant
• physiotherapist
• midwife
• call handler
• mental health nurse
• paediatric nurse
• general nurse
• community nurse
• nursery nurse
• community psychiatric nurse