Career framework

Real life stories


Senior occupational therapist, Essex Rivers Primary Care Trust, Alan Cecil

"I went straight into engineering from school and after 24 years was getting to the point where I felt I needed a change. It was getting a job as a technical instructor with an occupational therapy department that pointed me in a new direction."


Control manager, North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Graham Robinson

Graham has been offered, and accepted, several challenging promotions since joining the service as a care assistant. He now manages more than 100 control room staff.


Associate director of Children's Services, Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust, Sam Varley

Sam's story is a great illustration of the opportunities to progress and work in different areas of the NHS.