Nursing
Real life stories - Staff Nurse
Name: Daniel Palmer
Job title: Staff Nurse
Entry route: Started as a healthcare assistant and then took an apprenticeship, followed by nurse training
Danny started work in the NHS as a healthcare assistant with South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and joined the trust's apprenticeship scheme in November 2005.
He took the apprenticeship route with the aim of realising his ambition of training to be a nurse. He began his nurse training at Teeside University in 2007, whilst still working full-time as an HCA.
Danny is now a qualified staff nurse on the Acute Assessment Unit (AAU) at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and said: "An apprenticeship is a good way for someone thinking of a similar career to myself as it allows on the job training. Experience is definitely the key, whether it is voluntary or part time."
