AHPs Career Resources
Do you have any resources you would like to share and want adding to the website? If so, please do get in touch with Jo McNamara (Joanna.mcnamara@shu.ac.uk)
PEOPLE LIKE ME Campaign.pptx
#AHPsCareers – Share with us your True Professional Self with Pride!
This #AHPsDay we are keen to create a collective presence of our unique skills and attributes that you value about your professional self to positively promote our AHP Careers with a wider audience.
How to Get Involved
1. On your smart phone go to https://mytrueselfie.com/
2. Follow the simple process to take a photo of you as your best professional self and more AHPs in uniform the better!
3. Add the #AHPsDay hashtag and your profession and then decorate your selfie with the qualities, skills and attributes you admire most about your professional self.
4. Share it on social media
Links to career resources promoting AHPs
Health Education England Resources
HEE Webpages - https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/allied-health-professions
Health Careers AHP Booklet for students
Allied Health Professions Booklet – Health Careers
Allied Health Professionals’ Universe of Opportunities Careers Resource
https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/allied-health-professionals/
Return to Practice Advice HEE
https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/return-practice-allied-health-professionals-healthcare-scientists
Health Careers – contact us on 0345 60 60 655 or email advice@healthcareers.nhs.uk to find out more about career options in the health sector or visit the other sections of the Health Careers website.
'On the Frontline' AHPs have a social media presence across facebook, Instagram and twitter. The handle and associated podcast series 'AHPs off the record' is run by Ena Ankutse and Jo Siddall, themselves London based frontline physiotherapists, to promote all the good work AHPs do on the frontline. They have kindly shared two of their podcasts with us to show how podcasts can be used a s a great career resource to inspire future and existing AHPs with their career aspirations. The first offering comes from an Occupational Therapy leadership perspective with Lindsay Saunders and the second from a newly Qualified Speech & Language Therapist Ilyeh Nahdi
Episode 2: Lindsay Saunders | Off the record - Occupational Therapy in A&E
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1waxlq8wAJznrdr9QEsEdz?si=FmOy1WJaQoG72M46PFnuhw
Episode 4: Ilyeh Nahdi | Off The Record - Newly qualified in Speech and Language Therapy
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5dDdbNApZ2eGrnwIYCA2Wx?si=WMdEoxqJSDGqq6hMa8GK4Q
You can follow all the action on Instagram - @onthefrontlineahps Facebook – On the Frontline -NHS AHPs Twitter - @thefrontlineahp
Profession Specific Recruitment Materials
Copy of JN423.1 RADIOTHERAPY A4 DL FLYER_HR.pdf
Speech and Language Therapy
Speech and language therapists provide life-changing treatment, support and care for children and adults who have difficulties with communication, or with eating, drinking and swallowing.You'll help people who, for physical or psychological reasons, have problems speaking and communicating. Patients range from children whose speech is slow to develop, to older people whose ability to speak has been impaired by illness or injury. It also includes treatment for those who have difficulty with eating or swallowing.
Podiatry
As a Podiatrist you will work with people’s feet and legs. You'll diagnose and treat abnormalities and offer professional advice on care of feet and legs to prevent foot problems. In the NHS, you'll see many patients at high risk of amputation, such as those suffering from arthritis or diabetes. Podiatry is an exciting and varied career. It offers you the chance to make a difference, a high degree of flexibility and excellent employment prospects. You’ll work with patients every day to help improve their care and their lives.
Find out more about careers in Podiatry here or on either of these youtube channels:
Occupational Therapy
Celebrating the role of the Occupational Therapist!
OT_Expert_AHP_Day_2020.mp4