The NHS was set up in 1948 to provide everyone in the UK with healthcare based on their requirements, and not on their capability to pay. The NHS is respected throughout the world for the requirement of care it offers to clients.

Although many people believe about the NHS as being their regional medical facility, when you visit your dental professional, your GP and even your local pharmacist you might be speaking to someone utilized by the NHS. And progressively there is more and more whose work is not based in a hospital, but who work in local health centres, GP practices or perhaps in patients' own homes.

More people work for the NHS than any other organisation in the nation: 1.3 million people in England alone. That is around one in every forty individuals. You will probably understand a minimum of a single person who works for the NHS.

Individuals who work for the NHS may have jobs in clinical or non-clinical functions. Clinical functions provide care to patients, such as nursing, medicine, midwifery, as well as a range 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 buildings tidy and effective and the organisation running smoothly. Non-clinical functions include receptionists, accountants, IT experts, caterers, engineers, designers and plumbing professionals.

With over 350 various career opportunities, there is a role to suit all interests and qualifications.

About NHS Health Careers

This website is provided by NHS Health Careers. NHS Health Careers, formerly NHS Careers, was set up to encourage individuals to think of the signing up with the NHS team. We are committed to offering help and details to individuals who have an interest in working in the NHS and other health companies in any among the 350 careers on deal. We can assist with details on what it is actually like to operate in health, how to start in a profession in the NHS or on the training and research study needed to qualify for different tasks.