The NHS was set up in 1948 to offer everybody in the UK with health care based on their needs, and not on their to pay. The NHS is appreciated throughout the world for the standard of care it offers to clients.

Although most individuals think of the NHS as being their regional health center, when you visit your dentist, your GP or perhaps your regional pharmacist you could be speaking with someone used by the NHS. And increasingly there is increasingly more NHS staff whose work is not based in a health center, but who work in regional health centres, GP practices and even in patients' own homes.

More individuals 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 know at least one individual who works for the NHS.

The people who work for the NHS may have tasks in medical or non-clinical roles. Clinical functions provide care to clients, such as nursing, medication, midwifery, in addition to a variety of allied health professions such as physiotherapy, radiography and counselling.

The numerous non-clinical functions in the NHS cover the functions required to keep the buildings clean and effective and the organisation running efficiently. Non-clinical functions include receptionists, accountants, IT professionals, catering services, engineers, architects and plumbers.

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

About NHS Health Careers

This website is provided by NHS Health Careers. NHS Health Careers, previously NHS Careers, was set up to motivate individuals to think of the signing up with the NHS group. We are committed to offering help and information to people who are interested in working in the NHS and other health employers in any one of the 350 careers on offer. We can aid with details on what it is really like to operate in health, how to begin in a career in the NHS or on the training and research study required to receive various tasks.