Care certificate course
| Highest | $1,600 / mo · Switzerland |
|---|---|
| Experience | 0–1 yrs |
| Degree | Not required |
| First paycheck | ~9 to 18 months |
Pay in the destination countries
Monthly, in US dollars. Each country is an Imora admission package — open one for that route's fees, language requirement and deadline.
| Country | Monthly |
|---|---|
| SwitzerlandIELTS 6.5 · CHF 0.9–8k | $1,600max |
| NorwayIELTS 6.0–6.5 · NOK 130–260k | $1,350 |
| DenmarkIELTS 6.5 · DKK 45–135k | $1,250 |
| United StatesTOEFL 80–100 · $10–70k | $1,200 |
| AustraliaIELTS 6.0–6.5 · AUD 30–50k | $1,200 |
| GermanyIELTS 6.5 · €0–3k | $1,100 |
What does the day look like?
You start with morning and evening bed-baths or assisted showers, oral hygiene, toileting, changing incontinence pads and emptying catheter bags. Then you move residents between profiling beds and wheelchairs with Arjo or Invacare hoists, slide sheets and transfer boards, and reposition bedbound patients every 2 hours on the Braden Scale to prevent pressure ulcers.
You serve meal trays, feed residents with dysphagia on thickened fluids, take vital signs with digital blood pressure cuffs, Braun infrared tympanic thermometers and fingertip pulse oximeters, weigh on hoist scales, and log care notes, skin updates and bowel charts on tablets in Medifox Dan, CareDoc, Nourish Care, Log my Care or Care-wing. Conversation is about 15% of a shift; heavy lifting, washing, feeding and documentation is 85%. You work 37.5 to 40 hours per week on 06:00 to 14:30, 13:30 to 22:00, 21:45 to 06:15 shifts, or 07:00 to 19:30 and 19:00 to 07:30 long days, including weekends, holidays and on-call duty.
Where does this lead?
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