Resource Library: Careers
Welcome to the Careers Resource Library. Here you will find resources on, Graduate Training Opportunities, Recruiting and Retaining Healthcare Support Workers From Your Local Community, Career Progression, as well as information on NHS Ambassadors and World Pharmacy Day.
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Career Progression
The Support Worker role is a varied and colourful one that covers many areas of interest, from speech and language therapy to maternity. This roadmap provides information from various sources on each of these roles so you can discover more and plan accordingly.
Career Progression | Health Education England (hee.nhs.uk)
Graduate Training Opportunities
If you're currently studying or considering studying for a degree in a subject not leading to a clinical career, there are still graduate training opportunities that you can consider in the health sector.
Graduate training opportunities | Health Careers
NHS Ambassadors
The NHS Ambassadors programme encourages people working or studying in healthcare to volunteer one hour of their time per year to speak in schools and colleges about their roles or participate in careers events and activities.
NHS Health Careers toolkit
New guidance is available to employers that focuses on local careers engagement and promotion.
NHS Health Careers toolkit | NHS Employers
Recruiting and Retaining Healthcare Support Workers From Your Local Community
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) introduced several initiatives to fill healthcare support worker vacancies.
Recruiting and retaining healthcare support workers from your local community | NHS Employers
Staff Development Pathways
NHS Employers guide sharing ideas and routes to develop and retain your existing healthcare workforce. It includes examples and development pathways for staff in a wide range of roles from healthcare support workers to advanced practitioners.
Staff development pathwaysWorld Pharmacy Day
Interactive and Immersive Pharmacy Careers 360 Videos launch on World Pharmacists’ Day
The NHS England Technology Enhanced Learning team has developed ‘Pharmacy: A Day in the Life’ the first interactive and immersive series of pharmacy VR360 career videos for 14-to-18-year-old learners. The videos provide an opportunity to learn about different careers options and pathways by allowing an inside view of the day to day working world of pharmacy teams.
The videos have been developed with support from professionals at the Simulation Centre Canterbury Christ Church University, Greenlight Pharmacy (London, Euston), Barts Health NHS Trust Healthcare Horizons team, Inspiring Futures and East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.
The interactive videos are launching on World Pharmacists’ Day (Monday 25 September 2023) and feature scenarios based on real life, including pharmacy roles within the community, a hospital, and a GP setting.
The videos have been tested by students from UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park, a school dedicated to educating young people in Computing, Sport Science, Health & Social Sciences, and are accessible via an internet browser and to download on a VR headset or mobile phone.
A Day in the Life Pharmacy: Videos
Video 1 - https://player.vimeo.com/video/867212333
Video 2 - https://player.vimeo.com/video/867213939
Video 3 - https://player.vimeo.com/video/867214319
Video 4 - https://player.vimeo.com/video/867220955
Video 5 - https://player.vimeo.com/video/867221059Back to topExcellence in Careers Education
The Careers & Enterprise Company is thrilled to announce its first Employer Excellence in Careers Education Seminar, titled ‘How can employers develop the skills and work readiness of young people to unlock growth?’
The seminar will take place on 22 November, 10.30am-12:00pm, live streamed from The Welcome Collection.
As a valued Enterprise Adviser, we’d love for you to join the seminar online and help us amplify this important topic with employers in your network. Don’t forget to register your place and help us spread the word by liking and sharing on social media using the #EmployerExcellenceSeminar
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