NHS staff stories

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my role within the nhs is as an

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occupational therapist so i work in a

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specialist outreach and recovery team

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which is a mental health team in the

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community so my role in the nhs is as a

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musculoskeletal podiatrist

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that is basically a clinician who

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specializes in the

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diagnosis treatment and management of

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foot and ankle injuries my role is

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working within the oxford university

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hospital nhs foundation trust i'm a

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human resources assistant working in the

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nutscan division so my role in the nhs

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is as a mental health nurse and i'm also

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employed as an advanced nurse

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practitioner i also am a lecturer at one

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of the universities looking at sort of

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helping train people in cognitive

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behavioral therapy which is cbt and i

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also do some private practice

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my typical day usually starts

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at about 7 45 i get into the office

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at that time i will

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log into the computer

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check the list of patients that i have

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for the day

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i'll then start that list at 8am

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i'll work continuously through till 12

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o'clock

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and i'll see between five and ten

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patients in that time

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um following that i will have a lunch

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with my team

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and that can be other podiatrists

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physios doctors whoever i'm working with

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on that particular day

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additionally i may have administrative

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time where i am doing

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more financial management um or i'll be

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writing presentations to give to to

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other colleagues um

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to students as well so it's incredibly

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varied on a day-to-day basis i don't

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really have a typical day as i work

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across four teams

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but overall my job includes uploading

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job opportunities on social media

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creating promotional material

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for recruitment events

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attending

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meetings and seminars

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uploading database information

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i also write up minutes and i also

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work with apprentices and assist them in

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completing their assignments and also

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align their jobs

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i think above all you need to be kind to

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be an occupational therapist

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the second skill would be patience which

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is key and the third skill is to be a

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good problem solver you need to be able

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to think of lots of different ideas and

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strategies

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to help people to the best of your

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ability

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the top three skills i would say that i

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would need for my job would be the

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knowledge and understanding of it skills

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communicating with different teams and

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also teamworking

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i knew from a really early age that i

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wanted to work within healthcare

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but i wasn't entirely sure what it was

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in healthcare that i wanted to do

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so

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i spoke to family friends and i did work

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experience in dentistry in physiotherapy

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and in medicine as well

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but when i spent time with podiatry what

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really

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struck me was what the variety of the

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job entailed i did my gcses and then i

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did my ear levels and then i went

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straight into university to do an

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undergraduate

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um degree which was nursing that

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specialise in mental health it's

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probably really worth keeping in mind

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that there are ways into sort of nursing

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now as well you can access it for

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apprenticeships now rather than just

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going straight into universities that's

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probably something to keep in mind if

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you didn't want to go straight into that

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route

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be yourself

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we meet lots and lots of different

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people in our role and we really really

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want diversity in occupational therapy

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any of all different backgrounds

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different life experiences different

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home situations really find an area that

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you're interested in and then i guess

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once you've got some experience in that

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area i'll be you know for me children

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young people services then developing

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sort of and thinking about the skills

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that you want to develop so

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is it that you want to go down the

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therapy route is it that you want to go

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into sort of the medication route and

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then sort of try and get a plan in place

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and sort of think about how you're going

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to get those skills and then

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work with children and people to deliver

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those skills

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