From apps to apprenticeships, from virtual work experience offers to multi-media campaigns, Joined Up Careers Derbyshire works to recruit and retain staff in health and care careers in Derby and Derbyshire. We are involved in a range of initiatives, local and national, to help people get their foot through the door of a rewarding health and care career and then take the next steps in their career. We bring together NHS, local authority, voluntary sector and independent sector organisations to fill vacancies and advance staff skills.
We aim to:
- Contribute to building a healthier community by implementing a range of projects aimed at widening access to careers and focusing on inclusion
- Improve the future pipeline by scaling up engagement with schools, colleges and higher education institutes to grow our own local workforce supply
- Support all providers across Joined Up Care Derbyshire to meet the requirements and priorities of the NHS Workforce Plan, leading on a range of workforce transformation initiatives
- Lead and deliver system-wide recruitment campaigns
- Raise the profile and increase engagement of ‘Careers’, internally with leaders and operational services and externally to improve awareness of careers and pathways.
Careers App
Joined Up Careers Derbyshire has developed an interactive app to shine the light on a world of amazing careers within health and care.
The immersive augmented reality (AR) app features a range of great content exploring varied roles in the NHS and social care – and helps guide users to the latest jobs and vacancies.
The app also details work experience opportunities and has a ‘profession visualiser’ helping people understand more about what the different health and care roles involve.
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Living and working in Derby and Derbyshire
Living in Derbyshire
Culture, shops, sport, the great outdoors – it’s all on your doorstep.
From the lively urban attractions of Derby and major towns to the tranquillity of the Peak District National Park, this area has it all.
It’s also one of the more affordable areas of the country – so your salary will go further, whether that’s money on your mortgage or the latest fashions in your wardrobe. Average house prices for example are below the national average in Derby and Derbyshire.
There are excellent transport links through the county. Direct rail services connect Derby to London in under two hours. 80% of the population are within a two-hour drive from Derby – great for visiting friends, family, customers and suppliers. Heading away on holiday? East Midlands Airport is just down the road.
The arts are well catered for throughout the region with venues such as Buxton Opera House, Derby Quad and the Joseph Wright Gallery at Derby Museum.
Cultural attractions include Chatsworth House, Haddon Hall and Kedleston Hall. For the more active, there are tourist attractions such as Heights of Abraham in Matlock Bath and thrill-seekers will always enjoy a trip into Staffordshire to experience Alton Towers.
For sports fans, you can follow the football at Derby’s Pride Park, Burton Albion or Chesterfield, watch Derbyshire County Cricket, enjoy track cycling at Derby Velodrome, or there’s motor sports at Donington Park. There are also plenty of opportunities for getting out and about in the countryside, including running, mountain biking, caving and kayaking.
For learners, there are a number of well-respected schools and colleges throughout the area. The University of Derby, with campuses in Derby, Buxton and Chesterfield, offers gold-standard higher education.
Working in Derbyshire
Whether you want to work in a hospital, health centre, call centre or care home, there are plenty of opportunities within Derby and Derbyshire. And now one of our organisations, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton, covers part of Staffordshire we can offer opportunities further afield too.
There are opportunities across the area to progress your career with employers keen to support your skills, training and continuous professional development. There are ways to re-train, re-skill and take on new roles. With a wide variety of employers and employment sites, there is the potential for a flexible portfolio career – taking on the hours and responsibilities you want, to balance careers, family and lifestyle.
Local employers include local authorities, primary care, NHS community providers, NHS acute trusts, NHS mental health providers, as well as independent and voluntary sector providers.
“The High Peak area of North Derbyshire has a number of medium sized practices and we all know and support each other very well. It feels like a GP community in its own right, but we have strong GP links with the rest of North Derbyshire as well, especially in The Dales. We are extremely fortunate to have the most beautiful countryside around us, with all sorts of activities on our doorstep, yet within easy reach of large cities such as Manchester and Sheffield. I am definitely not planning on changing my home and work place any time soon!”
Dr Debbie Austin, High Peak, North Derbyshire.
