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Featured blog posts

International recruitment stories: Senitha’s nursing career journey from India to the Scottish Borders

Senitha is a staff nurse and clinical skills preceptor at NHS Borders. She shares her story to help and inspire other internationally trained nurses to find a rewarding career in NHSScotland.

How Thomas's problem-solving and maths skills led to an engineering career

Thomas is a mechanical engineer. He started his NHS career as a Modern Apprentice at NHS Grampian over 7 years ago.

Alisha's story: How I discovered my perfect career in the NHS

Want to work in the NHS but don't know where to start? Look no further than this guide from Alisha! She shares her story and advice on finding a perfect career in the NHS.

Returning to practice in occupational therapy

Ursula took a career break to have a family, but she never intended to give up her occupational therapy career forever.