What do industry experts recommend to those who are interested in a rewarding healthcare career? In an informative NZSE LIVE event, Spectrum Health’s Preet Mohan and Ojasvi Singh joined NZSE Head of School, Sadia Faisal, to share their insights and experiences as New Zealand-based healthcare professionals. Together, their ideas sparked solutions and strategies for those who seek success. Here are some highlights of the session:
What are must-have characteristics of a quality healthcare professional?
Both Ojasvi and Preet expressed their passion for healthcare and their commitment to supporting the community – something that they say is essential for anyone working in the sector.
“I was motivated towards the disability sector, and I wanted to do something related to this area of healthcare,” says Ojasvi. With her strong interest in serving this segment of the community, Ojasvi enrolled in NZSE’s School of Health to start her journey. Having graduated from NZSE with a Diploma in Healthcare and Community Support (Level 7), she is now the Regional Community Facilitator at Spectrum Care.
Ojasvi emphasised the importance of skilling up in a community-based programme to be appropriately meet peoples’ needs. The programmes at NZSE helped her gain a better understanding of basic requirements to succeed in New Zealand’s healthcare sector, specialising in disability support.
As Spectrum’s Service Coordinator, Preet highlighted that having a passion for helping others is a must-have, as healthcare is a service-based industry where job values are based on empathy and compassion. “It is beneficial if you have the passion for it [healthcare]. If you have that, multiple opportunities are available.” Further to that, according to Preet, success stems from supporting others to achieve their goals – a core part of a job.
NZSE Head of School Sadia agrees: “Your compassion, your empathy, and your passion towards helping people enable you to improve their quality of life.”
