About the NHS

The NHS was set up in 1948 to provide everybody in the UK with health care based on their requirements, and not on their ability to pay. The NHS is appreciated throughout the world for the requirement of care it offers to patients.

Although the majority of people think of the NHS as being their local healthcare facility, when you visit your dental practitioner, your GP and even your you might be speaking to somebody used by the NHS. And increasingly there is more and more NHS staff whose work is not based in a health center, however who work in regional health centres, GP practices or perhaps in patients' own homes.

More individuals work for the NHS than any other organisation in the country: 1.3 million individuals in England alone. That is around one in every forty people. You will probably know at least someone who works for the NHS.

The individuals who work for the NHS might have jobs in clinical or non-clinical roles. Clinical roles offer care to patients, such as nursing, medication, midwifery, along with a series of allied health occupations such as physiotherapy, radiography and counselling.

The lots of non-clinical roles in the NHS cover the functions needed to keep the structures tidy and effective and the organisation running efficiently. Non-clinical roles consist of receptionists, accounting professionals, IT experts, caterers, engineers, designers and plumbers.

With over 350 different profession opportunities, there is a role to fit all interests and qualifications.

About NHS Health Careers

This site is supplied by NHS Health Careers. NHS Health Careers, previously NHS Careers, was established to encourage individuals to think of the joining the NHS team. We are committed to providing aid and details to individuals who are interested in working in the NHS and other health companies in any one of the 350 professions on offer. We can aid with information on what it is actually like to operate in health, how to begin in a profession in the NHS or on the training and study needed to get approved for various jobs.