What to Expect
What makes a successful healthcare graduate?
The school of Healthcare is rated ‘World Leading' and is one of the top three healthcare schools in the country. We have inspirational teachers, world class researchers and outstanding facilities to support you. Studying with us requires commitment, determination and dedication.
This is because to become a professional nurse, audiologist, clinical physiologist, midwife, radiographer or social worker, can mean taking on the responsibility for someone's life, their well-being, perhaps their unborn child, or their recovery from life-threatening illness.
1. Practice experience
Our courses and study hours reflect that responsibility and after five weeks of studying you will be allocated your practice placement, in one of the leading Hospitals in the region. Here, you will be dealing with the public, as well as assisting professional doctors and nurses in the days and night's role of caring.
2. Service user and carer involvement
To give our students recieve a broad ranging study experience, we ensure that service users (patients) and carers are involved as much as possible in all aspects of healthcare education and research in Leeds. The School of Healthcare shares a Joint User and Carer Strategy (2003) with Leeds Metropolitan University School of Health and Community Care. This means that real carers and service users will be involved in your lectures, relating personal experiences and healthcare issues, and contributing to course development, delivery and strategy. We have a dedicated area with more information and resources to view at the Service User and Carer Involvement website
3. Personal experience
You may have had previous experience of caring; whether for a family member, relative or loved one. You might work in a crèche, be a member of St John's Ambulance, or be a voluntary worker in school or church or in a community group. Many of our students know from a young age they want to be in the caring profession, because they enjoy working with people and helping others.
4. Listening skills
Our students are comfortable talking and listening to others, they are able to show understanding, recognise need and be able to take control and be professional in any situation. Often others seek them out to talk to and share problems with, no matter how big or small.
The Rewards
Our students know caring can be messy and sometimes difficult. It isn't a 9 to 5 job, it's never boring. You are supported by professionals and colleagues in a profession where you will be making a positive difference to someone's life. Your fees are paid by the health service in an area with clear career pathways and competitive salaries. If you think you have the right stuff and are looking for a profession that is unique, uplifting and rewarding, explore the rest of this site to find out more about our professions.
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