If you’re interested in a career in healthcare, there are lots of routes you can take to get there such as apprenticeships where you learn on the job or university degrees.
There are opportunities and roles for everyone, whether you’re scared of blood, you love working under pressure, or you prefer to fix computers not people.
To find out more about the different careers in healthcare, and how you can get into them, check out these websites.
- https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles
- https://www.discoverhealthcare.co.uk
- https://www.stepintothenhs.nhs.uk/
StreetDoctors volunteers give advice about getting into medicine:
- Blog: ‘Persevere, even when things seem impossible’: one volunteer’s journey into medicine
- Blog: ‘I thought you had to be a genius to become a doctor’: why everyone should consider a career in healthcare
There are also ways to get involved and gain experience if you’re still in school, some organisations offer the chance to learn first aid from the age of 10 like St John’s Cadets: https://www.sja.org.uk/