Royal Blackburn Hospital site info needed
 

Right, as a handful of you already know, i have been offered a job (conditionally) as a healthcare worker at The Royal Blackburn, went for interview on August 2nd and was offered the job by 5pm that day.
As i said this is only conditional....tomorrow i have to go to the hospital for an I.D check and to see the occupational health team.
I went to the learning centre at the Park view offices for my interview which is through the old entrance, now here's my dilemma, i have to go to Employment support at The Park view offices in the morning, but i'm damned if i can find any info on this darn place...is it in the learning centre or somewhere else? on a map, the Park view offices are seperate to the Learning centre but there is nothing about employment support

HELPPPPP!!!!

please

:eek:

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Shaz just go to the Park View Offices and ask someone there to give you directions...turn up early so that it gives you time to seek directions....and find your way around.

Good luck with this new job...it will be challenging, but I'm sure you will enjoy it.

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Well done Flashy, you must have beaten my daughter to that job, she went for an interview there on same day.

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Thankyou Marg, that's what my dad has just said

G, my interview was at 2pm that day, they had been interviewing since 8.30 that morning, there where quite a few interviewed according to one of the ladies who interviewed me, god knows why they picked me though, i will keep my ears open for any other hca jobs that come up, maybe your daughter might get lucky in another one

I am beyond excited, i just hope i pass everything tomorrow

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She`s applied for quite a few, had two interviews but so far unsuccessful. Her interview was about 1 o clock for 45 mins so you may have seen her on her way out. I wouldn`t worry about tomorrow, just a formality, CRB checks etc.

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Well done Shaz, yeh will be fine, go fer it girl.;)

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Here is a site map, the Park View Offices are near the Learning Centre where you had your interview.
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct...,d.ZWU&cad=rja

Whoops, just re-read your post and you already new that.:o

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oh i'm not worried, did your daughter say which ward the job was for?

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I think it was elderley/stroke ward, but not 100% sure.

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lol, thankyou G, its rather baffling isnt it, i reckon i'll find it somehow, as my dad said 'you've got a tongue in your mouth girl, use it' ;)

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thanx Cashy, i just want to get my start date through now, i've wanted to be a healthcare worker since i was 16, thats what i did my NVQ for in the first place (many many moons ago), i know its just a general dogsbodys job but i don't care, i just want to help and as you lot already know, i just love a challenge ;)

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Shaz, there's only one thing you need to remember...whichever patient you are caring for, make them feel the most important person in your life at that moment.....do what you would do for someone you love...and do it with love.

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You`ll do other stuff as well as being a "dogsbody", you`ll learn to take blood, catheterize etc. maybe not straight away, but you will eventually.

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thankyou Marg, i will always remember that

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i don't think it will involve taking blood, blood pressure and temperature yes, i was a care assistant for many years so i know the basics already, i think the communicating with patients will be the hardest thing i will come across, even though i may not show it on here, my friends know i am a caring person who has a lot to give and i think i will get a lot of fulfillment from this job, i know it's not going to be easy and it is very demanding but i am going to give it 100% i can either fail or excel, either way i will know i have done my best

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My Mrs is a HCA and she takes blood, may depend which dept. you are in I suppose.

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thankyou G, when i was swatting up on the job before the interview i looked at the job spec for general hca's, it didnt mention taking blood but you are more than likely right

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It seems HCA`s are doing more and more the tasks traditionally done by nurses.
Healthcare assistants carry out nursing tasks | News | Nursing Times
A quote from the above link -
He said: “This tends to confirm our research that HCAs are not only carrying out direct care, such as making beds and feeding patients, but that they have started to move into what could be called low level technical tasks such as observations and taking blood samples.”

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what a great website, thankyou for that G

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No problem, good luck.http://th827.photobucket.com/albums/...iley-nurse.gif

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lol, i will let you know if i have to do that IF i get the all clear and a start date :D

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Hope everything went well, Shaz, was thinking of you this morning.

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All went well thankyou Marg, the buggers managed to stick a needle in me, only got 3 or 4 more to have now, 2nd mmr and a course of hep B injections, oh the joys of wanting to work in a hospital hey ;)
Just have to wait for my enhanced crb to come back now then I will hopefully get a start date

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Well done Shazxxx

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Great stuff Shaz....glad you are going to be doing something which will give yo so much satisfaction...yes, it will be hard graft...but you will know you are making a difference in the lives of the people you look after.

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Thanx Bernie xxx

Marg, you wouldn't believe how much getting this job means to me, its not 'just another job' its what I will be doing that means a lot, now Reece is nearly 17 he doesn't need me so much anymore, I have all this care left to give but no one to give it to, I just hope I can help someone and give them a bit of what I have

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Shaz, that is exactly what the patients need...someone with enthusiasm and who cares...don't let anyone knock that out of you.
Life isn't just the line of financial figures that need to add up....there is much more to job satisfaction than that.
I wish you all the very best in your chosen career,.......and it will be what you make it..the opportunities are there for you if you show you are interested, then they will train you to do lots of things.

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Congratulations Flashy, it's nice to know that there are still people out there who are determined to get a job rather than rely on us poor old tax payers to keep them.
Well done and I hope the job turns out to be all you want.

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Gremlin, I have had more than my fair share of benefits over the years, the benefits system is what has kept me going for years, not everyone who is on benefits is a scrounger though, I was a single parent, it isn't as much fun as you think relying on the state, for the last 5 years I have been applying for job after job, it isn't as easy these days to just walk into a job, a firm has maybe 2 jobs going and 200 applicants for the same job, if your cv doesn't stand out immediately to them then they don't even bother reading it, they bin it, the amount of cv's I have sent out over the years is unreal, being on the dole I have to apply for 15 jobs a week, I have to do all this online and have hard proof that I have done it so there is no trying to bluff the system by pretending you have applied for jobs or making jobs up, I was very lucky in my teens, I could walk straight from one job into another, often stop working for one one day and have a fresh job the day after, you just can't do that now, so please think on when you think all who are on benefits are scroungers, most aren't

I wasn't getting at you Gremlin, just people who think that in general

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most of us know it`s not easy finding a job, but you are proof that persistence pays off. :)

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Sure does, can understand how some get disillusioned n give up, after a couple of years or so, Think many of those that don't, reflects somewhat on upbringing.

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Well Done Shaz, hope you get a start date soon, ya never know you just might be sticking needles in me the next time I'm in yon:D:D:D

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Now there's the icing on the cake! :D Well done Kidda, perseverance, persistence & integrity, you'll do well! :)

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If yeh are shaz,I'll lend yeh some big uns.:D

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You can go off people ya know:)

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i would hope i wouldn't see any accywebbers on the ward i will be on John, and thankyou :D

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thanx DiGy, i'll try

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Just checked out this thread ... way to go girl:alright: A true Lancashire lass:D

Come to think of it ... I need my prostrate tickled:eek:;)

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Ooops .... did I type "tickled" .... I meant "examined".;):D

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ewwww Eric, i think a male doctor would be best for that examination ;)

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Why:D

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shushhhhh, don't tell anyone but i start on Monday September 2nd (a whole month from start to finish), got an email about it today, it doesn't say what time though, which i thought was very odd, just says i have to report to matron, gonna be attempting to track her down on the phone tomorrow to ask what time, where and what about a uniform :D:D:D beyond excited

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Good on yer Shaz.;)

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ta cashy

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Great news Shaz

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Good for you Lass, hope it all goes well now & into the future. :)

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Well Done Shaz......I'm really made up for you.
When you contact the Matron, ask if you can go and visit the ward you will be working on...just to get a 'feel' of things......ask questions of he staff there(I know when I interviewed people, if they asked for a pre-employment visit to get the 'lie of the land' it always made me feel like they were interested...and not just in the pay packet..but the work too) If you only spend half an hour familiarising yourself with the layout of the ward, it will be time well spent.

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I was thinking the same thing earlier Marg, I need to get to know where it is anyway, was going to go up tomorrow and see how long it took me to get to the ward from the bus stop, I will ring matron in the morning and ask about going up

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Great stuff Shaz..will be thinking of you.

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Good luck, hope all goes well.

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Well done Shaz, made up for you

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Thankyou everyone

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No Thank You Shaz, its heartening these days when someone actually wants to work.;)

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i rang for a start time as they didn't put one in the email, i also asked about my uniform, was told to ring someone else, then the someone else told me to ring the ward back, its a good job i asked because i can't start without one, nothing has been mentioned about my hospital I.D either, maybe they need reminding about everything up there, anyway, i start at 7.30 Monday morning :D and i'm off to attempt to track a uniform or 3 down, up at the hospital....good job i'm on top of it 'innit'