Find out what jobs are available at SaTH as NHS launches biggest ever recruitment drive

News from our partners Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH)

As the NHS launches the biggest recruitment drive in its 70-year history, new research has shown the special place that its staff hold in the nation’s heart.

Nurses and doctors top a public poll as the most trusted and respected professions in the country, according to research carried out for the major new national campaign, ‘We are the NHS’.

Three quarters of those surveyed chose nurses and doctors as professions they trust the most and seven in ten people said they were some of the most important roles in society.

England’s most senior nurse, Professor Jane Cummings said the survey findings showed why young people should feel inspired to choose a career in the NHS.

The £8 million campaign, funded by NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care, highlights the vast range of opportunities available in the NHS for potential new recruits and will initially put the spotlight on the nursing.

The new campaign, which kicks off in the week of the NHS’s 70 birthday on 5 July, will feature TV and radio advertising, posters and social media. It will primarily target school children aged 14-18.

To find out what job vacancies are available at SaTH please visit www.jobs.sath.nhs.uk

Professor Jane Cummings, Chief Nursing Officer for England, said:

“The NHS is our country’s most loved institution and that is down to the expert skill, dedication and compassion of its brilliant staff.

“There are over 350 careers available within the NHS giving young people an astonishing range of options. Nursing and midwifery make up the largest part of the workforce and as I know from personal experience, provides a unique opportunity to make a real difference to peoples’ lives in a way that simply cannot be matched.

“Nurses and midwives provide expert skilled care and compassion, and they are highly talented leaders in the NHS. This campaign is all about inspiring young people and others who want a change of career to come and work for the NHS and have a rewarding and fulfilling career that makes a real difference.”

The campaign aims to increase the total number of applications into the NHS by 22,000 as well as double the numbers of nurses returning to practice and improve retention of staff in all sectors. It will recognise the incredible contribution and impact of NHS staff who treat over one million patients every 24 hours across the country in GP surgeries, hospitals and at home, as part of the biggest recruitment drive in NHS history.

Further information

• The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is the main provider of acute hospital care for almost 500,000 people from Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales. Patients come to us from Telford, Shrewsbury, Ludlow, Oswestry, Bridgnorth, Whitchurch, Newtown and Welshpool in Powys.
• The Trust continues to work with its partners in health and social care in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid-Wales to develop patient-focused services that meet the needs of our communities.