By Abtar – Medical Paralegal • Immunisation Nurse • Health & Social Care Teacher • C-Section Nurse • Surgical Dermatology Nurse / Clinic Support

You might hear “Health & Social Care teacher” and assume I spend my time away from the hospital at the college reading books.

A few lessons there. A few PowerPoints over here. Sorted.

But here’s the truth:

“I don’t just teach Health & Social Care.

I live it.

Every. Single. Day. Oh, and night”.

Because Monday to Wednesday, I’m in litigation meetings and court-level case files. On Thursdays, I’m vaccinating school children and teaching future healthcare professionals. And by Friday night? I’m scrubbed in, assisting in Caesarean sections amongst Registered Midwives delivering babies.

Sometimes, I’m on a train by night and in a surgical dermatology clinic by dawn.

This isn’t a job. It’s a life. And that life is what I bring into the classroom.

Role: Paralegal

Location: Office / Can be remote

Mood: High-pressure. Analytical. Grounded. Detail-orientated. Can be quite heavy.

My week starts with legal cases—often complex, sensitive, and emotionally charged.

I draft official legal letters and responses to lawyers.

I work with lawyers, matrons, clinicians and internal investigators.

I sit in meetings that ask the hard questions:

• What went wrong?
• Could this have been prevented?
• Is the system at fault?

I request and review medical records, get clinicians ready for hearings, pull timelines, analyse policy breaches, sit through seminars to understand and brush up on procedures and the law and prepare evidence.

I see firsthand how a missed form, a delayed appointment, or a documentation error can snowball into devastating consequences.

I often visit other law firms for conferences, which are key for networking.

And I bring that lived legal insight directly into my teaching.

Role: Immunisation Nurse

Location: Primary & Secondary Schools

Mood: Fast-paced. Public-facing. Light-hearted (much needed). Preventative. And fun.

By Thursday morning, I’m in a different setting entirely—schools.

Vaccination day.

I arrive early loading up my car with vaccines (fellow Registered Nurses and administrative staff also being loaded into the car) and lots of equipment, driving to schools across East London.

From nervous Year 2s clutching their sleeves, to dramatic Year 9 schoolgirls, chatty Year 11s with TikTok conspiracy theories, it’s part nursing, part counselling, part logistics, part parenting.

It could be a state school, grammar school, private school, boys school, girls school, Jewish school, Islamic school, maybe even a special educational needs school.

It’s not just about the jab.

It’s about education, reassurance, and public health in action.

Thursday Afternoon – Into the Classroom

Role: Health & Social Care Teacher

Location: College Campus

Mood: Grounded. Energetic. Focused on the future. Hopeful.

By the afternoon, I’m in a classroom—ready to teach.

But my lessons don’t come from slides alone. They come from:

• Real litigation cases
• Real vaccine clinics
• Real patients, policies, and procedures

My students don’t just learn what a safeguarding breach is.

They learn how it looks in a legal file. They don’t just hear about confidentiality. They hear about the times it’s been broken—and what followed.

I teach them what the books say. Then I teach them what real life demands.

I impress the importance of always having your own back in a field that demands much from you – whether clinical or administrative and what that don’t tell you at interview or the first day on the job.

Friday Night – C-Section Nurse in Maternity Theatres

Role: C-Section Nurse

Location: Hospital Operating Theatres

Mood: Surgical. Sacred. Spiritual. Unforgettable.

I head into theatre. I scrub in and assist in Caesarean sections—whether emergency or planned (most likely emergency).

I prepare surgical instruments, manage the sterile field, support the obstetric team, and monitor the environment throughout the procedure.

In one of the most vulnerable, powerful moments of their lives—bringing new life into the world in the most clinical, precise circumstances possible.

The work is intense.

The responsibility is huge.

The reward? Indescribable.

It’s where care, skill, timing, and teamwork collide. And it reminds me every single time why I teach what I teach.

Role: Surgical Clinic Nurse / Assistant

Location: Various NHS Sites Across the UK

Mood: Mobile. Adaptable. Hands-on. Varied.

Some weeks, my schedule includes travel.

I take an evening train across the country, check into a hotel late at night, and arrive early the next morning at a local NHS hospital or clinic to assist in dermatology surgeries, where I meet other RNs and doctors who have also travelled across the country for this clinic (think X-Men).

I help perform excisions of skin cancers, support biopsy procedures, prep surgical trays, and document clinical care.

Every minute is tightly scheduled. Every movement matters.

Different teams. Different towns. Different dinners. Same standard of care.

It’s surgical precision on the move.

It’s being ready, wherever needed.

And it’s part of the bigger picture of what Health & Social Care really looks like.

Because Health & Social Care isn’t just forms, policies, and codes.

It’s people.

It’s practice.

It’s pressure.

It’s purpose.

When I step into the classroom, I bring all of this with me:

• The legal battles I’ve sat through
• The vaccines I’ve delivered
• The babies I’ve helped bring safely into the world
• The early-morning clinics I’ve worked in cities I’d never visited before

So when I talk about:

• Safeguarding
• Communication
• Patient care
• Healthcare law
• Health administration

…it’s not abstract.

It’s lived.

Final Thought

If you’re thinking of joining this course(s), know this:

You’re not just learning to fill forms or read policies.

You’re learning how to be the link between people and care.

How to see the system from every angle—legal, clinical, operational.

How to make it work better. Safer. Fairer.

I don’t just teach Health & Social Care.

I walk it. I live it. I wear the uniform, hold the instruments, write the letters, and catch the last train home.

So when you sit in my class—you’re learning about healthcare.

And you’re stepping into it.

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