Being a carer in a nursing home

[Vonvon222]

Does anyone do this. I've always wanted to do this as a career. I've worked in admin for years and hate my current job. I went for an interview for a job in a care home at the beginning of December and due to circumstances at the time was unable to take the job. The manager called me today to ask me to give him a call, just got the voicemail tonight so haven't had a chance to call but I did say after the job offer that in the new year I may be in a position to take the job...

I want to bite the bullet and go for it but I'm scared I'm making the wrong decision. I knowing will be hard work, my current job is giving me so much anxiety, I hate it. I don't know what to do. At the interview I was sold on the job, looks like a lovely care home. I want to do this but what if I hate it! How will I know?

I do!
I love it. I currently work 3 8am-8pm shifts plus a half day.
You’re right, it’s bloody hard work. As long as you’re good with bodily fluids, are friendly, and are willing to work hard and sometimes fast (but thoroughly) you’ll be fine.

If I’m honest, the actual job is hard but amazing, it’s deathly slow staff with zero common sense (or the ones that pretend they don’t know what they’re doing to get out of stuff) that make it harder than it needs to be. That makes me sound awful, but it’s true of all the homes I’ve worked in. As long as you get stuck in then you’ll get on brilliantly.

I prefer nursing homes to residential, because of the obvious, nursing homes have nurses, so there’s always someone higher to deal with the medical/dressing side.

Hope you enjoy it, happy to answer any questions if you have them.

I loved my years as a care assistant. Can actually be a real laugh. What’s the worse that can happen if you hate it, you hate the job you do now, just go for it.

There will always be plenty of carer jobs. The worst aspect of it is the other carers, and you can learn to work with them
Best of luck