hi I'm Glen and I work in a nursing
right can you tell us any pros and cons of working in the nursing home working
in a nursing home is different from workings acute in fact our healthcare
environment I started working as a staff nurse a hospital and I think that for 10
long years so I've been through a lot of you know experiences
looking after very acutely ill patients whereas gonna
when I moved in the nursing home, that changed because patients were more stable.
We call them residents by the way. They are there for
convalescence for rehabilitation for palliative reason. They are not
as unhealthy compared to those in the hospital so the workload is much lighter as
compared to the hospital. My work pattern is better because I dont do nights.
I have regular days off during the weekends, but it depends
of course on your role. In my case I am in the clinical lead
nursing role meaning senior post so I can choose or I am I'm
privileged to work Monday to Friday. Can you tell us some cons on working
in a nursing home please. well working in a nursing home
especially if you start your nursing career there. You will not be able to develop
you clinical skills compared to the hospital setting.
another downside is when you decided to move to hospital tomorrow
it will be a big adjustment, whereas if you come from a highly acute
environment, where it is busy with sick patients
The adjustment period will be easier for you, and you can use your
clinical skills for the nursing home
especially when you are assessing episodes, like a heart attack
or stroke. It will be easy for you to assess that when you come from a hospital.
how about career progression. How is career progression in a nursing home
In the nursing home, progression wise I can see that
from staff nurse post to clinical lead role to
deputy manager or assistant manager and registered manager so basically that is
career pathway. You have more options in the hospital setting.
more opportunities more varieties, compared to nursing home where it is limited.
Can we talk about the expected salary
in the nursing home. Thinking about it because in my in my own
observation and experience for Junior nurses highly competitive
in the hospital, more nurses want to work there
especially new ones because they see that they can get more experience there
whereas those working in the nursing home
they offer a better salary is to entice those nurses to apply
in the nursing home. The nursing home knows that the experience they can give is
limited especially to junior nurses.
what I am saying is if you are a junior nurse
think generally you will earn more in the nursing home.
Like I said earlier the downside is the limited
clinical development opportunities.
In the hospital as a junior nurse, you might earn
£27,000 per year
that is £1,700 up to £2,100 per month.
in the nursing home make that £2,300 to £2,400 per month.
Thank you glen for your cooperation for today.
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