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Graduate careers in the health sector

Alan Simmons
Careers Specialist, Health Careers

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Graduate careers in the health sector - Alan Simmons Careers Specialist, Health Careers - AGCAS
A whistle stop tour of…

   Context
   Roles in the health sector
   Patient journey
   Getting in
   Pay
   Trends, changes and new roles
   Resources from Health Careers
   Using the NHS Jobs website

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Graduate careers in the health sector - Alan Simmons Careers Specialist, Health Careers - AGCAS
Context

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The Worlds Biggest Employers

                                                       This figure includes
                                                       NHS staff in Wales,
                                                          Scotland and
                                                       Northern Ireland too

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Public health ‘core’ and ‘wider’ workforce

                              c40,000 staff in England work in ‘core’ public
                               health roles above level 5 of the Public Health
                               Skills and Knowledge Framework
                              Additionally c4,000 health trainers (below level 5
                               of PHSKF)
                              Estimated 15-20 million people in over 170
                               occupations work in the ‘wider’ public health
                               workforce.

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Mental health services
                              But around 70%Treatment
                                                of    centres
                                  healthcare is
                              delivered outside of
                                   hospitals!

                                Doctors’ surgeries

        Ambulance
         services                                         Walk-in centres

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…and then there are other
                            organisations supporting
                           the delivery of healthcare,
                                   including…

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Since Health & Social Care Act 2012…

                                        NHS Acute (hospital) or
                                        other NHS organisation

                                        Private healthcare
                                        provider

                                GP
                                        Social Enterprise/
                                        Community Interest
 Clinical Commissioning Group           Company
 GP           GP
   Nurse            Other

 Consultant
                 healthcare
                professionals
                                        Charity

 GP           GP      GP

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Roles in the
     health sector

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IT’S NOT JUST DOCTORS,
                  NURSES, MIDWIVES &
                      PARAMEDICS!

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Staff in the NHS 2018 (approximately!)

                         Support to doctors &
                           nurses (eg HCAs,                        Doctors & dentists
                               admin)                                     9%
Healthcare scientist &           23%
AHP support staff (eg
 therapy assistants,
       admin)
                                                                                          Nurses & midwives
         5%
                                                                                                 28%
Support to ambulance
   staff (eg HCAs,
   maintenance )
          1%

Central functions (HR,
    finance etc)                                                                    Healthcare scientists
          9%                                                                                4%

                                                                              Allied health
  Health informatics                                                        professions (AHPs)
          2%             Hotel, property                 Qualifed
                           & estates       Managers                                 9%
                                                       ambulance staff
                               5%            3%
                                                            2%

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Health Careers - 14 role ‘groupings’

     Allied health professions                Medical associate professions

     Ambulance service team                   Midwifery

     Dental team                              Nursing

     Doctors                                  Pharmacy team

     Health informatics                       Psychological therapies

     Healthcare science                       Public health

     Managers                                 Wider healthcare team

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Patient
               journey

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His friend dials 999 &
          Danny’s                     Danny
                                                                                speaks to an
          playing                     falls &
                                                                            emergency medical
    Example of a patient journey
          football                  injures his
                                                                              despatcher, who
                                        leg
                                                                               despatches an
                                                                                 ambulance

                                                                  Take him to                           Paramedic &
                     Porter helps                                    A&E
                       transport                                                                      emergency care
                                                                  department                          assistant assess
                      Danny into                                    of local
                     the building                                                                         situation
                                                                   hospital

                                                                       Triage nurse
                                                                       gets second
  Danny’s                           Triage nurse                                                           They arrange
                                                                        opinion of
 details are
recorded by
                               Example of a patient journey
                                    assesses his
                                         leg
                                                                        emergency                            an X-ray
                                                                         medicine                           taken by a
receptionist                                                              doctor                            diagnostic
                                                                                                           radiographer

                            And a
                                                                  A                  His leg is
                         biomedical
                                                            phlebotomist            broken and
                         scientist in
                                                             takes some                needs
                        the path lab
                                                                blood                 surgery
                        checks it out

    Danny has
surgery. The team
                                                   Porter                             Danny’s cared
   includes an
                                                   takes                                 for by a
   orthopaedic
                                                   Danny                                children’s
     surgeon,
                                                   to the                             nurse & HCA
anaesthetist, ODP,
 theatre nurse, &                                   ward
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       HCA
Clean                             Before he’s
 He has
                                          laundry from                        discharged, his
  food
                                                                                orthopaedic
     Example of a patient journey
prepared
by a chef
                                            linen and
                                          laundry staff                      surgeon sees him
                                                                                on the ward

                                  He sees a                                                           He’s then
                               physiotherapist                                                      transported
                                 at home for                                                        home by an
                                  follow up                                                       ambulance care
                                rehabilitation                                                     assistant from
                                  treatment                                                           the PTS

                                                                                    The GP
                                                  He sees                        prescribes
  But Danny’s                                    his GP and
   still in pain                                                                  him some
                                                     the                         medication
 and goes back                                    practice
 to his doctors’                                                                   from the
                                                    nurse                        pharmacist
     surgery

              A few weeks                                 An occupational                       A few days later,
             later, Danny’s                               therapy support                       the district nurse
            playing football                              worker visits to                      comes to remove
                 again!                                      check he’s                            his stitches
                                                            progressing

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Examples of staff that Danny didn’t see
              Staff that Danny saw                   but who contributed to his ‘patient
                                                                  journey’

    paramedic                                    emergency medical despatcher
    emergency care assistant                     biomedical scientists
    porter                                       chefs
    receptionist                                 linen and laundry staff
    triage nurse                                 security staff
    emergency medicine doctor                    gardeners
    diagnostic radiographer                      IT staff
    phlebotomist                                 estates maintenance staff
    orthopaedic surgeon                          clinical scientist in radiation safety
    anaesthetist                                  physics
    operating department practitioner            managers
    theatre nurse                                accountants
    health care assistant                        human resources staff
    children’s nurse                             communications and PR staff
    ambulance care assistant                     health informatics staff
    physiotherapist                              librarians
    GP (general practitioner)                    decontamination science staff
    practice nurse
    pharmacist
    district nurse
    occupational therapy support worker

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Getting in

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Entry points (depending on the role)

            Through an apprenticeship
  (intermediate, advanced, higher or degree level)
               Straight into job/training position
     After a course at a further education college
       By taking an approved   university degree
                     Alan Simmons
              CareersAfter
                      Specialth  Education
                           a degree
                        England
      After experience gained outside of the NHS

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Will you fit in?
     If you apply for a job or apprenticeship vacancy with the NHS, or a
university course with placements in the NHS, you’ll need to show how you
  think the values of the NHS Constitution apply in your everyday work:

                   Can be assessed in a number of ways including through:
                                – pre-screening assessments
                            – values based interviewing techniques
                                          – role play
                               – written responses to scenarios
                                     – assessment centres
             Do you have what it takes? If you’re applying for a
              support role in the NHS, try the E-values tool at:
                     http://nhsvaluestool.e-lfh.org.uk/

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Undergraduate opportunities

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Opportunities at university (clinical)

   Dental hygiene                                 Medicine
   Dental technology                              Midwifery
   Dental therapy                                 Nursing
   Dietetics                                      Occupational therapy
   Dentistry                                      Orthoptics
   Environmental health                           Operating department practice
   Healthcare science (audiology)                 Paramedic science
   Healthcare science (blood sciences,            Pharmacy
    cellular sciences, infection sciences)         Physiotherapy
   Healthcare science (cardiac physiology)        Podiatry/chiropody
   Healthcare science (clinical engineering)      Prosthetics and orthotics
   Healthcare science (genetics science)          Radiography – therapeutic & diagnostic
   Healthcare science (medical physics)           Speech & language therapy
   Healthcare science (neurophysiology)
   Healthcare science (respiratory & sleep
    sciences)

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Opportunities for graduates
     (brief and in general terms!)

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Opportunities for graduates – clinical
    Scientist Training Programme (STP)
    Trainee biomedical scientists (few posts now, STP & PTP main routes to pathology)
    Physician associate training
    Arts therapists (music, drama & art therapy)
    Psychological wellbeing practitioners, psychologists – (clinical, counselling,
     forensic, health areas)
    Accelerated/shortened (by way of APEL) programmes for graduates:
       Dentistry
       Dietetics
       Environmental health
       Medicine
       Nursing
       Occupational therapy
       Physiotherapy
       Radiography (therapeutic and diagnostic)
       Speech & language therapy

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Opportunities for graduates - non-clinical

    Graduate Management Training Scheme Six streams:
         Financial management
         General management
         Human resource management
         Informatics management
         Policy and strategy management (new in 2017)
         Health analysis (new in 2017)
    Other “non-scheme” opportunities e.g.:
         Public health
         Health informatics (e.g. librarians, statisticians)
         Operational management
         Engineering etc.

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Examples of graduate vacancies advertised in the
 NHS in the last 2 months
                                                     2.1 (no degree discipline specified)
Graduate project            DMC Healthcare,
                   £23K                              Experience in/understanding of business operations
    support                    London
                                                      including finance, IT, HR and marketing
                                                     Relevant qualification/experience in administration of
 Post Graduate               Central and NW           educational training course, + 2 years general secretarial/
                   AfC4                               admin experience
    Course         c£20k      London NHS
 Administrator              Foundation Trust         Experience of dealing with members of the public
                                                     Degree desirable
                                                     2:1 or higher degree in psychology or health sciences
                           Northumberland, Tyne       related degree
   Research        AfC5
                   c£23k
                                & Wear NHS
   Assistant                 Foundation Trust        Previous experience in administering psychological
                                                      assessments with good level of practical skill
                                                     Good degree in numerate discipline
                           University Hospitals
  Programmer       AfC6                              Knowledge & experience of programming in MUMPS/
                   c£28k    Birmingham NHS
    Analyst                                           Caché & at least one other language eg Perl, Java, Delphi,
                            Foundation Trust
                                                      C# or C++
   Hospice                                           Educated to degree level or equivalent
 Sporting and                                        Knowledge of principles of good donor management or
                           St Rocco’s Hospice,
  Challenge        £20K                               customer care
                               Warrington
    Events                                           Awareness of legal and financial aspects of licensing and
  Fundraiser                                          charity law

                 As advertised
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Examples of graduate vacancies advertised in the
 NHS in the last 2 months
                                                          Educated to at least degree level in economics
                                                          Post-graduate qualification (Masters/ PhD) in relevant
                      AfC6      NHS Improvement,
Economic Analyst                                           discipline, or experience of working as an economist at an
                      c£28k          London
                                                           equivalent level
                                                          Knowledge of statistics and econometrics
                                                          BSc Hons in appropriate biological degree
Quality Assurance     £22 -   Public Health England,
  Practitioner        £27k         Manchester             In depth understanding of quality procedures and control
                                                           and relevant legal standards

                                                          Undergraduate degree (any discipline)
Clinical Evidence              University Hospitals
                      AfC6
Based Information     c£28k
                                   Coventry &             Advanced searching using the internet and databases
Service Specialist            Warwickshire NHS Trust      Understanding of the concept of evidence based practice

    Information
     Analysis &                    NHS Digital
                      £22k                                2:1 Bachelor’s degree (any discipline) or equivalent
Statistics Graduate             (Leeds or London)
      Trainee*

Graduate trainee –    £19 -      Dorset Clinical          Degree level, or working toward equivalent qualification
 Project Support      £22k    Commissioning Group         Experience of project support

 Graduate Trainee              Northumberland Tyne        Educated to degree level
                      £22 -
 Technology Risk                  and Wear NHS
                      £28k                                Experienced of a range of software packages and tools
Assurance Auditor                Foundation Trust

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Pay

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Pay
               Staff on NHS terms and conditions
   Agenda for change (rates from 1-4-18)
      Covers the vast majority of staff in the NHS
      Has 9 “bands” (levels), ranging from band 1 (£17,460 per annum)
       to band 9 (£84,507 to £102,506)
      Example: starting salary for newly qualified nurse or
       physiotherapist is bottom of band 5 (£23,023)
      NB London allowances (up to 20%) payable on top of these figures
   Doctors and dentists – separate pay system
   Very senior managers – separate pay system

                    Staff in public health roles
   NHS terms and conditions
   Local government terms and conditions
   Other terms and conditions
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Trends, changes
   and new roles

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Apprenticeship update as at June 2018
 Standards approved for delivery include:             Standards in development include:
                    LEVEL 7                                           LEVEL 7
   Specialist community and public health nurse                     Arts therapist
          Advanced clinical practitioner                        Physicians associate

                    LEVEL 6                                           LEVEL 6
                Registered nurse                          Diagnostic radiographer (degree)
     Healthcare science practitioner (degree)                     Dietitian (degree)
               Podiatrist (degree)                         Occupational therapist (degree)
                                                      Operating department practitioner (degree)
                    LEVEL 5
                                                              Physiotherapist (degree)
                Nursing associate
                                                                 Paramedic (degree)
                Dental technician
                                                         Psychological wellbeing practitioner
              HR consultant/partner
                                                               Social worker (degree)
                    LEVEL 4                            Speech and language therapist (degree)
        Associate ambulance practitioner                  Therapeutic radiographer (degree)
                  Data analyst
          Healthcare science associate

 For the latest situation regarding health
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       (Healthcare Apprenticeships Standards Online): http://haso.skillsforhealth.org.uk/
Apprenticeship update as at June 2018

  Standards being explored include:                Standards closed (not being considered at
                                                               present) include:
                  LEVEL 7
Specialist community and public health nurse
                                                                   Health trainer
          Clinical academic fellow
                                                                   Housekeeper
                  LEVEL 6                                     Ophthalmic technician
              Midwife (degree)                                        Porter
                                                                    Ward clerk
                  LEVEL 4
            Orthodontic therapist

                  LEVEL 3
        Clinical simulation technician
  Library, information and archive services
                  assistant
                                                                                             NHS
                                                                                             Jobs

 For the latest situation regarding health
www.healthcareers.nhs.uk                   sector apprenticeships, visit
                                        @HealthCareersUK                 Skills for Health website
                                                                     advice@healthcareers.nhs.uk
       (Healthcare Apprenticeships Standards Online): http://haso.skillsforhealth.org.uk/
Trends, changes and new roles 1/3
 Nursing associate:

      new role between healthcare assistant and registered nurse

      regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council

      piloted in 2016/17 – two intakes of 1,000 associates each (over 8,000 healthcare
        support workers applied for a place)
      pilot scheme - 84% female, 16% male; ages 18-65 (main recruits 24-35); 95%
        retention end of Q2; 4% with level 2 qualification, 3% with degree.
      additional 5,000 NAs to be recruited starting in 2018 (2,500 by April and 2,500 in
        September) and further 7,500 in 2019. Will be level 5 apprenticeship
      current projections - over 45,000 qualified nursing associates by 2027, with an
        expected 17,000 NAs also having completed additional training to become registered
        nurses by this date.

 Medicine 500 additional places at medical school starting in 2018

 Graduate Management Training Scheme will grow to an intake of 500 per
   annum by 2021, and 1,000 per annum beyond that.

     Source: Facing the Facts, Shaping the
www.healthcareers.nhs.uk                   Future: A draft health and care
                                       @HealthCareersUK                    workforce strategy
                                                                       advice@healthcareers.nhs.uk
                  for England to 2027 (Health Education England, December 2017)
Trends, changes and new roles 2/3

 Emergency Department Workforce Plan

      Around 30% of physician associates work in emergency medicine and current training
        pipeline will increase significantly to 3,200 in 2019.

      Advanced clinical practitioners (ACPs) will grow as part of emergency team with 135
        paramedics applying recently to be part of the ACP in emergency departments programme.

      Continue to expand number of medical training posts (in emergency medicine) with 300
        doctors starting training in each of the next four years.

 Genomics 100,000 Genomes Project (announced in 2012), sequences whole genomes in
  individuals with rare diseases and their family members, and in patients with cancer.
      introducing new genomic medicine service into NHS in October 2018

      training for 114 clinical scientists on Scientist Training Programme (STP) programmes
        associated with genomic medicine

      training for 30 genomic medicine Higher Specialist Scientist Training posts

      550 Masters in Genomic Medicine places commissioned across 10 universities

     Source: Facing the Facts, Shaping the
www.healthcareers.nhs.uk                   Future: A draft health and care
                                       @HealthCareersUK                    workforce strategy
                                                                       advice@healthcareers.nhs.uk
                  for England to 2027 (Health Education England, December 2017)
Trends, changes and new roles 3/3

 Mental Health Workforce Plan - 21,000 additional posts needed to deliver the
   specified service improvements. NHS to employ 19,000 new staff across the
   system by 2020 of these:
      11,000 will be core clinical professions (e.g. nurses, occupational therapists or
        doctors)

      8,000 will be new roles such as peer support workers and personal wellbeing
        practitioners.

 Cancer Workforce Plan : 200 new clinical endoscopists and 300 reporting
   radiographers to increase early diagnosis capacity.

 General Practice Forward View: double the growth rate for doctors in general
   practice. By 2020 there will be 5,000 more doctors alongside 5,000 other clinical
   professionals working in primary care

     Source: Facing the Facts, Shaping the
www.healthcareers.nhs.uk                   Future: A draft health and care
                                       @HealthCareersUK                    workforce strategy
                                                                       advice@healthcareers.nhs.uk
                  for England to 2027 (Health Education England, December 2017)
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           career etc.)
          Improving your chances (Gaining
           experience, planning your career)
          Study and training: (At secondary school/FE
           college, apprenticeships & cadetships,
           considering or at university, Graduate training
           opportunities etc.)
          Looking for a job
          Developing your health career
          Returning to a health career
          Careers advisers and teachers                                            Step
          Resources
          Events
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Health Careers website

                                    Register for an account and:
                                     Personalise your home page
                                     Save searches
                                     Save compared roles
                                     Bookmark pages
                                     Register for newsletter
                                     Change your password

                                                                        Step

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Health Careers website – compare roles feature

 Select up to 3 roles from
    the drop down list                                   Compare bite-size
                                                       information about the
                                                    selected roles side-by-side:
                                                       Role overview
                                                       Training and
                                                        qualifications required
                                                       Expected working hours
                                                        and salary range
                                                       Desirable skills and
                                                        values
                                                       Prospects
                                                       Related roles

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Statutory regulatory bodies for health staff

 Dentists                                                    Arts therapists (art, music and
                                     Midwives
   Dental hygienists                                          drama therapists)
                                     Nurses
   Dental technologists                                      Biomedical scientists
   Dental therapists                                         Clinical scientists
   Dental nurses
                                                              Dietitians
   Clinical dental technicians
                                     Doctors                 Hearing aid dispensers
   Orthodontic therapists
                                                              Occupational therapists
                                                              Operating department
                                                                practitioners
                                     Environmental           Orthoptists
                                      health professionals    Orthotists/prosthetists
 Pharmacists
   Pharmacy technicians                                      Paramedics
                                                              Physiotherapists
                                                              Podiatrists
                                     Osteopaths              Practitioner psychologists
                                                              Radiographers
 Optometrists                                                Social workers (England only)
   Dispensing opticians             Chiropractors           Speech & language therapists

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Health Careers website - course finder

                                                             Selecting
                                                             ‘Accelerated’
                                                             searches for
                                                             graduate-
                                                             entry
                                                             programmes

                                                            Use drop down
                                                            options in
                                                            filters to search
                                                            for courses

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Health Careers course finder results page

         Course title

                                                      HEI contact details
          HEI

  Brief course details –
                                                        Direct link to
  mode of study, length
                                                        HEI website
  of course, level of
  qualification

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For example: page on graduate opportunities

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Other resources that may be of interest include...

                                          Infographics

        Update – termly
    e-newsletter for careers
         professionals

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Social media channels

   Twitter - around 18,800   Instagram – around
          followers             800 followers

                                                  You Tube - around 200
                                                         videos

          LinkedIn
                                  Facebook

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Health Careers service – developments

 Career tool:
     Career questionnaire to generate career ideas in the health sector
     Accessed through the Career planning section of the Health Careers website
     Users answer a number of questions on a like to dislike scale
     Hopefully available later in 2018

 NHS primary school resources – main objective:
     To mitigate the risk of primary school age students not considering the NHS
       and its professions as a future career opportunity by:
          increasing awareness of the NHS as an employer and the jobs people do
          challenging gender stereotypical views of health professions, eg men are
            doctors and nurses are women
     Piloted in 60 primary schools across England in early 2018

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Using the NHS
    Jobs website

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                                                                     End
NHS Jobs website (England & Wales)

                                                      Browse vacancies by career
                                                      groupings
Simple search
facility. USE
KEYWORDS!

Advanced                                                            Search for
search feature                                                   employers in your
                                                                      region
Register for job
alerts by email

How to apply, hints on
applications and interviews etc

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Using the “keywords or job reference” field…
   LOOKING FOR
VACANCIES RELATED
                                                                   EXAMPLES OF RESULTING JOB
                      TRY SEARCH TERMS SUCH AS…
      TO…                                                                 VACANCIES

                     “healthy eating”, “diet”, “food”,          Lifestyle support worker
   NUTRITION         “allergy”, “health promotion”,             Health development practitioner
                     “nutrition”, “lifestyle”                   Assistant nutritionist/dietitian

                     “talking therapies”, “counselling”,        Substance misuse practitioner
  PSYCHOLOGY         “mental health”, “low intensity”, “high    Wellbeing Coordinator
                     intensity”, “IAPT”                         Mental health advisor - trainee

                     “marketing”, “project”, “payroll”,         Marketing coordinator
 ADMINISTRATION      “finance”, “communication”, “record-       Employment services officer (recruitment)
                     keeping”                                   Finance assistant

                     “exercise”, “fitness”, “lifestyle”,        Rehabilitation assistant
 SPORT SCIENCE       “stroke”, “physiology”, “cardiac           Health improvement practitioner
                     rehabilitation”                            Cardiac physiologist

                     “laboratory”, “pathology”, “public         Training administration asst. (pathology)
  LIFE SCIENCES      health”, “healthcare science”, “health     Medical laboratory assistant – advanced
                     protection”                                Newborn screening data manager

                     “health improvement”, “health              Health promotion resource & info. officer
 PUBLIC HEALTH       protection”, “substance misuse”,           Integrated care drugs worker
                     “smoking cessation”                        Administrator (working at a prison)

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