Healthcare

Treating people who are ill or injured, and helping them recover.

7 jobs here, all in health. Read what each one is like, then try a situation from it.

Children's nurse Children's nurses look after patients from newborn to late teens, and the job differs from adult nursing in one basic way: the patient often cannot tell you what is wrong, and the family is part of the treatment. Health · 2 activities to try Dietitian Dietitians treat medical problems with food and feeding. Health · 2 activities to try Health play specialist Health play specialists use play to get children through hospital. Health · 1 activity to try Healthcare assistant Healthcare assistants work alongside nurses on wards, in clinics and in people's homes. Health · 2 activities to try Occupational therapist Occupational therapists work on the everyday things a person can no longer manage: getting out of bed, cooking, holding down a job, sitting through a school day. Health · 2 activities to try Paramedic Paramedics go to whatever comes through on the radio, which is far more often an older person on the floor at four in the morning than a crash on a dual carriageway. Health · 1 activity to try Therapist Therapists work with people on difficulties they cannot solve alone: anxiety, low mood, loss, trauma, relationships. Health · 1 activity to try

What the work has in common

• Children's nurse. Children's nurses look after patients from newborn to late teens, and the job differs from adult nursing in one basic way: the patient often cannot tell you what is wrong, and the family is part of the treatment.
• Dietitian. Dietitians treat medical problems with food and feeding.
• Health play specialist. Health play specialists use play to get children through hospital.
• Healthcare assistant. Healthcare assistants work alongside nurses on wards, in clinics and in people's homes.
• Occupational therapist. Occupational therapists work on the everyday things a person can no longer manage: getting out of bed, cooking, holding down a job, sitting through a school day.
• Paramedic. Paramedics go to whatever comes through on the radio, which is far more often an older person on the floor at four in the morning than a crash on a dual carriageway.
• Therapist. Therapists work with people on difficulties they cannot solve alone: anxiety, low mood, loss, trauma, relationships.