Well once again I've been a bit slack keeping this updated but better late then never. In a nutshell since I last posted I have passed my final clinical assessment (can't remember if I'd already mentioned this), got all of my marks back for my dissertation and everything else and I'm pleased to say I did myself proud! I've been on electives and spent time in various hospitals and departments up and down the country again and learned lots. I waited quite late on compared to others before I started applying for jobs but once I did the interview invitations started rolling in. It seems there are lots and lots of jobs available at the moment so it's a good time to be qualifying as a radiographer.
Luckily for me a job came up at a hospital I was really keen on and I was invited to interview. It was my first one and I was nervous as hell but to my surprise, they put me at ease really quickly and it went well - so well I was offered a job which I have accepted. I start on Monday which is what brings me back on here because I have been reflecting on the last 3 or 4 years of hard work and big decisions I had to make in deciding what I wanted to do with my life, actually getting a place on the course and then seeing it through, landing myself a job before I'd even graduated. If someone would have told me this was what I had to look forward to all those years ago I'd have never believed them in a million years.
So here I am, ready to start my new job next week and with hopefully lots more good things coming my way in the future. I will see if I can remember to post here on what it's like starting out as a newly qualified but we shall see what happens.
Hard to believe that I am now officially a radiographer :)
Saturday, 2 August 2014
Saturday, 3 May 2014
Nearly there....
Hi guys,
Sorry it's been such a long time since I last posted. I've been so busy with uni and life in general that this just got swept aside and I totally forgot about it. Unfortunately it's just going to be a short one today. Can't believe I am nearly at the end of the course. Come July, providing I pass everything I'll be a radiographer :-) Only got a handful of assessments to do now really. I've done one of my clinical assessments for CT, I did that just before Christmas and that went quite well. Still got my big assessment to do this month though which I am dreading. I don't know what has happened to me lately but I just seem to be panicking and cracking really easy under pressure. I think it's cos there is so much riding on everything and it is all just taking it's toll.
As for uni - all lectures and everything have been completed. It's just a case of a few assessments left to do. Dissertation and essay have been handed in now and a couple of OSCEs completed. More coursework and OSCEs due next week so fingers crossed for those. I'm a bit worried about how I did on one of the OSCEs last week as I pretty much had a meltdown. I had a bad headache, felt the pressure of the time constraints and everything I learned and knew to do just went out the window to the point I forgot even the most basic and obvious of thing so it's not looking good. Have still been suffering today with a bad head and generally not feeling myself but like I say, I think it's stress and lack of sleep! Anyway, I've pretty much slept the day away because of it and now am wide awake. Need to sort my body clock out I think!
I haven't started applying for jobs or anything yet as I don't want to jinx myself or add extra unnecessary pressure on myself. One just came up at my placement but I've not applied yet as I've literally not had time and intend to wait until the end of the week when exam results are back and I know I have passed everything. Quite a few people have got jobs already and there seem to be lots coming up on NHS jobs so I'm not too worried. Also, I think it's best to keep your options open before rushing into things. I'm sure I will find something when the time is right so I'm quite positive about that.
Will try to get a few posts in over the coming weeks as things will have calmed down by then. I'll have done all my assessments and hopefully passed then it's just a case of getting through placement. It's all starting to seem very real now and can see the light at the end of the tunnel and like I can almost touch it. Just hope I haven't come this far to throw it away on one silly exam :-/
Sorry it's been such a long time since I last posted. I've been so busy with uni and life in general that this just got swept aside and I totally forgot about it. Unfortunately it's just going to be a short one today. Can't believe I am nearly at the end of the course. Come July, providing I pass everything I'll be a radiographer :-) Only got a handful of assessments to do now really. I've done one of my clinical assessments for CT, I did that just before Christmas and that went quite well. Still got my big assessment to do this month though which I am dreading. I don't know what has happened to me lately but I just seem to be panicking and cracking really easy under pressure. I think it's cos there is so much riding on everything and it is all just taking it's toll.
As for uni - all lectures and everything have been completed. It's just a case of a few assessments left to do. Dissertation and essay have been handed in now and a couple of OSCEs completed. More coursework and OSCEs due next week so fingers crossed for those. I'm a bit worried about how I did on one of the OSCEs last week as I pretty much had a meltdown. I had a bad headache, felt the pressure of the time constraints and everything I learned and knew to do just went out the window to the point I forgot even the most basic and obvious of thing so it's not looking good. Have still been suffering today with a bad head and generally not feeling myself but like I say, I think it's stress and lack of sleep! Anyway, I've pretty much slept the day away because of it and now am wide awake. Need to sort my body clock out I think!
I haven't started applying for jobs or anything yet as I don't want to jinx myself or add extra unnecessary pressure on myself. One just came up at my placement but I've not applied yet as I've literally not had time and intend to wait until the end of the week when exam results are back and I know I have passed everything. Quite a few people have got jobs already and there seem to be lots coming up on NHS jobs so I'm not too worried. Also, I think it's best to keep your options open before rushing into things. I'm sure I will find something when the time is right so I'm quite positive about that.
Will try to get a few posts in over the coming weeks as things will have calmed down by then. I'll have done all my assessments and hopefully passed then it's just a case of getting through placement. It's all starting to seem very real now and can see the light at the end of the tunnel and like I can almost touch it. Just hope I haven't come this far to throw it away on one silly exam :-/
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