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A career in health offers wonderful opportunities
A career in health offers wonderful opportunities
Nearly 200 students from a number of Waikato and Bay of
Plenty secondary schools had the chance to see if health is
the career for them when they attended Waikato District
Health Board's workchoice day today (Monday 27
June).
Workchoice Day is held annually at Waikato Hospital for year 12 and 13 students to get career exposure and help them make informed decisions about what area of health they want to enter.
Health Waikato chief operating officer Jan Adams welcomed the students and said a career in health was an excellent choice for young people.
"Whether you want to do medicine, nursing, midwifery, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech language therapy or other allied health careers, health gives young people excellent opportunities," she said.
"It also allows you to travel and work in your chosen field. Working in health is a unique privilege. You make a difference every day to a person and their illness, or treatment, and to the families and friends who support them."
Health was not an easy career to go into because it was hard work, she said.
"But if you like making a difference and are not afraid of hard work, then we want you."
Health was not just about doctors, nurses and allied health workers.
"Tell your friends who want to be lawyers, accountants, managers or human resource practitioners to also consider health once they have qualified, because it is such a diverse industry and we employ staff from many different health and professional disciplines," said Mrs Adams.
Many students know they want a career in the health sector but are unsure of the exact career path they want to take. Workchoice Day helps them make that decision.
"I hope to figure out what I want to do exactly because I know I want to do medicine, I am just not sure of what part of medicine I want to do," said Tauranga Girls College student Elna Williams.
Workchoice Day began in 1995. The Workchoice Trust is an organisation that strives to provide students with relevant knowledge and resources they need to meet the challenges of the modern workplace. Workchoice Day is held annually and on a national basis, offering a link between New Zealand's future workforce and employers enabling students to gather knowledge first hand and share experiences of people employed in their field of interest.
Waikato DHB became involved in the day in 2008 after Fiona McCarthy arrived as Human Resources general manager. At a recruitment meeting it was decided that the DHB would participate in the day and see how it went. The feedback from the event was positive and Workchoice Day has been running ever since.
The schools that attended
were: Cambridge High School, Fairfield College, Hamilton
Girls High School, Hamilton's Fraser High School, John Paul
College, Mount Manganui College, Ngaruawahia High School,
Rotorua Lakes High School, Sacred Heart Girls College, St
Peters School, Taupo Nui-A-Tia College, Tauranga Girls
College, Te Aroha College, Te Awamutu College, Te Puke High
School, Thames High School and Wesley
College.
ends
Waikato District Health Board
Healthy People. Excellent Care
Waikato District Health Board (DHB) employs over 6500 people and plans, funds and provides hospital and health services to more than 391,770 people in a region covering eight per cent of New Zealand.
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