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If a passion for helping others and a focus on encouraging and promoting health behaviours sounds like you – look no further than a career in Healthcare!<\/p>\n
Careers in the sector range from being highly specialised such as Anaesthetists, Optometrists and Physiotherapists to skills such as Clinical Nurses and Psychologists, to entry-level such as Personal Care Workers, Aged Care Workers, and Administrators.<\/p>\n
You’ll often work as part of a multidisciplinary team with other healthcare professionals, such as doctors, therapists and social workers, and will also liaise closely with patients’ families and\/or carers.<\/p>\n
Working in healthcare and social assistance can be physically and emotionally demanding. You\u2019ll often be frontline helping people at their most vulnerable, but seeing that the care you have provided has improved health, recovery, or reduced suffering can be incredibly satisfying.<\/p>\n
The field is vast, with career pathways available in different areas, including:<\/p>\n
Entry into the sector is as varied as the roles available, so no matter what academic pathway you choose to pursue, there\u2019ll be an opportunity to get started with a career in healthcare and social assistance!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8304,"template":"","meta":{"content-type":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ra-industry\/8066"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ra-industry"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ra-industry"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}