ALT A picture containing two nurses wearing masks
ALT A picture containing two nurses wearing masks
ALT Upcoming strike action: 7am Monday 13 March to 7am Thursday 16 March. BMA Junior Doctors and HCSA Hospital Consultants.
ALT I qualified as a doctor in Southampton and worked in the Southwest for SHO jobs. I then moved to Leeds for my registrar rotation. I chose anaesthetics because anaesthetists seemed to have more fun and would turn up at emergencies and sort things out. I started as a consultant anaesthetist in York in 2001. There were only 2 female anaesthetic consultants in my early days! There are now 14 female anaesthetic consultants which is great, until you realise there are 46 men. I have been in leadership roles for many years now and enjoy being able to “lead” and still do my clinical work.
ALT I trained and worked as a registered nurse and midwife for many years. I worked as a ward sister, nurse manager and specialist nurse. I always had an interest in developing people and quality improvement. I moved into being a Quality Improvement Facilitator working in both the Trust and York St John University. My passion for developing staff grew and I had led a varied portfolio as a deputy director including supporting pre-reg students, clinical skills training, apprenticeship development, improvement learning and organisation development. Following diagnosis of a long- term condition I reduced my hours and now lead the Organisation and Development Team (ODIL). I have never stopped learning throughout my career and I was delighted to gain my Masters degree as I always described myself as ‘not being academic’!I can truly say ‘I love my job’! I am so lucky to work with the team I do and to do the work to support our colleagues in the organization and ultimately help to support patients
ALT I studied law at the University of York with every intention of becoming a solicitor. When I realised (quickly!) that this was not the role for me I explored careers in the public sector and landed upon the NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme which I successfully completed between 2011 and 2013. I thoroughly enjoyed my operational management placement and have been in operational management roles at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals since completing my training. I am currently the ACOO for the Surgical Care Group which means I am the senior operational lead for most of the surgical, theatres and critical care services in the Trust. I really enjoy working directly with the clinical teams, improving services for our patients, and supporting aspiring leaders in our organisation.
ALT As part of my degree I undertook a placement in the Biochemistry Department at St Albans City Hospital. From the moment I started I knew this was the profession for me. I have spent my career as a biomedical scientist working in NHS laboratories at Leeds General Infirmary, Royal Hampshire County Hospital and for the last 25 years at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals.I have successfully worked my way through the career grades to my current role as Network Lead for Blood Sciences for the Scarborough, Hull and York Pathology Service (SHYPS). The most rewarding aspect of my career has been training and supporting staff to become biomedical scientists. 70% of diagnoses are based on pathology results provided by Biomedical Scientists working in the NHS laboratory services.
ALT An NHS staff member using a computer. There is data on the screen.
