Careers

Career advice

Redeployment in nursing: illustration showing a large hand moving small figures of people around a chess board, suggesting redeploying staff in healthcare settings

Redeployment: how can it help with my career development?

Working in a new setting or team can be daunting, but also offers opportunities for growth

Simulated clinical nursing skills training: a nurse practises taking blood on a manikin in a clinical training session

How do I refresh a clinical skill that I’ve not used in a while? 

Ways to brush up your skills and the pros of refresher courses and supervised practice

Nurse reflecting on an error: a nurse raises her hand in a gesture of explanation during a conversation with a colleague

Making a mistake at work: how to handle it and move on

How to respond, learn from an error and address it when looking for a new job

NMC revalidation for nurses: two nurse colleagues laugh together while having a discussion. A reflective discussion is required for revalidation

Revalidation: how to renew your NMC registration

Make sure you know what is expected and make revalidation part of your ongoing practice

Streamlined handover process: a nurse watches a colleague write a patient’s details up on the board on a hospital ward

Leading change: how to take action, whatever your role or seniority

Improvements at work don’t always require big steps, and anyone can initiate change

Remote working: illustration of a nurse sitting at a desk and working from home, participating in a video conference call

Home-based nursing roles: what are my options?

Advice from those who have made the switch in search of flexibility and work-life balance

My job

Advanced nurse practitioners in primary and urgent care for the Scottish Ambulance Service work in a car rather than an ambulance; the image shows ANP Jennifer Bell standing next to her advanced practice car

Advanced nurse practitioner: a typical shift in emergency response

An ANP in primary and urgent care explains the role and the skills required

Clinical staff in a prison hospital setting. They are working in a dark corridor,

From emergency decisions to primary care – what my prison nurse role involves

A newly registered nurse on what drew her to the role and what she’s learned so far

A man sitting in a home office talking on a phone, while looking at patient notes, as with an occupational health nurse working from home

Work-life balance: what I’ve gained in an occupational health role

It can offer more flexibility than ward or community jobs. Find out what’s involved

Image shows a nurse walking along a winding path in the direction of an arrow pointing to ‘ACP’. The path is flanked by other clinicians

A day in the life of an advanced clinical practitioner

An ACP has advice on how to make the move into advanced practice

How I became the UK’s first Filipino chief nurse – and learnings from my journey

Oliver Soriano describes how he has dealt with the highs and challenges along the way

An Admiral Nurse talking with an older woman affected by dementia

A pioneering nursing role: consultant Admiral Nurse for frailty

Kerry Lyons talks about her post in Dementia UK’s first frailty-specific nursing service

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