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  • Guide To NHS Pay (Agenda for Change) 2023/2024

    • 17 Jul 2024

    Details of pay for NHS staff working on Agenda for Change contracts

  • What is a quality improvement lead midwife and how do you become one?  

    • 8 Oct 2024
    • Sarah Blackwell

    Sarah Blackwell a quality improvement lead midwife at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust explains what her role involves and the career path she took to get to the senior role.

  • Your guide to new roles in psychology

    • 24 Sep 2024
    • Judy Cooper

    This guide provides an overview of all the new roles in psychology in the UK's healthcare system, including what they do, their training and pay. 

  • My first year as a diagnostic radiographer

    • 4 Sep 2024
    • Ben Potts

    Transitioning from a student to a professional in a healthcare field is a significant milestone, marked by a blend of excitement, challenges, and professional growth. A diagnostic radiographer describes his first year in the job.

  • What healthy foods should I take to work to keep me going on a long shift?

    • 15 Aug 2024
    • Frankie Phillips

    Registered dietitian at the British Dietetic Association gives advice on what healthy meals and snacks to opt for at work.

  • How much do nurses earn?

    • 1 Aug 2024
    • Ingrid Torjesen

    Anyone considering a career in nursing will be keen to know how much they are likely to earn. Salaries for experienced nurses range from £35,000 to £115,000 and this article describes how much nurses earn in different roles and at different stages of their career.

  • Working as an ambulance clinical team navigator

    What is an ambulance clinical team navigator and how do you become one? 

    • 29 Jul 2024

    Gabriel Olawole-Scott, a paramedic and clinical team navigator for the London Ambulance Service, explains what his job involves.

  • Working as an urgent care advanced paramedic

    What is an urgent care advanced paramedic and how do you become one? 

    • 29 Jul 2024
    • Adele Waters

    Nicola Frayne, an advanced paramedic delivering urgent care for the London Ambulance Service, explains what her job involves.

  • Working as an advanced paramedic (critical care)

    What is a critical care advanced paramedic and how do you become one? 

    • 29 Jul 2024
    • Adele Waters

    Samantha Margetts, a critical care advanced paramedic for the London Ambulance Service (LAS), explains what her job involves.

  • Working as a Psychologist

    Rita Hassan Parker: My Working Life as a Principal Clinical Psychologist

    • 11 Jul 2024

    Rita Hassan Parker, the Principal Clinical Psychologist for the trauma and dissociation Service at South London and the Maudsley NHS Trust, answers questions about the highs and lows of her working life.

  • Ben Potts: My Working Life as a Diagnostic Radiographer

    • 28 May 2024

    Ben Potts, Diagnostic Radiographer at University Hospitals Southampton, answers questions about the highs and lows of his working life.

  • What can NHS staff learn about tackling burnout from elite sports people?

    • 21 May 2024
    • Karen Meager

    Psychologist and author Karen Meager explains what NHS staff can learn from professional athletes in term of managing their energy and prioritising.

  • My Working Life

    Sarah Swan: My Working Life as a Clinical Psychologist

    • 15 May 2024

    Consultant Clinical Psychologist Sarah Swan answers questions about the highs and lows of her working life.

  • Highest paid jobs in psychology and how to get them

    • 24 Apr 2024

    Psychology is not a high paying career in general, but some roles command considerably higher salaries.

  • Make time for winding down

    8 steps healthcare workers can take to improve their sleep

    • 16 Apr 2024
    • Dr Neil Stanley

    Sleep experts offer advice to shift and night healthcare workers on improving their sleep

  • Liz O'Riordan has a new working life today

    “I didn’t want it to be a dirty secret" – how sharing a cancer and depression diagnosis taught a doctor to heal.

    • 15 Apr 2024
    • Adele Waters

    Former breast surgeon Liz O’Riordan explains how having cancer three times and serious depression has led her to help people in a different way.

  • “A lot of people just wish I would shut up, but I won’t” – how a surgeon has made it his mission to stand up to bullies and discrimination.

    • 29 Feb 2024

    Orthopaedic surgeon and activist Simon Fleming explains why he has spent years trying to change the culture in health care to a safe and respectful one for patients and staff.

  • Cheryl Jones: My Working Life as a Psychological Therapist

    • 22 Feb 2024

    Cheryl Jones, a Psychological Therapist at the independent private practice Epione Psychotherapy, answers questions about the highs and lows of her working life.

  • What skills and expertise are required for mental health nurse roles in acute settings?

    • 19 Feb 2024
    • Simon Arday

    Simon Arday has been appointed as Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust’s first lead nurse for mental health and is currently recruiting a range of mental health nurses to a new outreach team in two acute settings. We asked him what he looks for when he sorts CVs and conducts interviews.

  • “I can't see you as a director of nursing” – how a nurse reached the board, despite facing racism

    • 19 Feb 2024

    Karen Bonner, chief nurse at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, tells Adele Waters why she is still as in love with nursing now as when she first walked onto a ward.