INTRODUCTION
Working for the NHS
The NHS is an attractive place to work for many reasons:
Values
Working together for patients: Patients come first in everything the NHS does Respect and dignity: The NHS values every person – whether patient, their families or carers, or staff – as an individual, respects their aspirations and commitments in life, and seeks to understand their priorities, needs, abilities and limits. Commitment to quality of care: The NHS earns the trust placed in us by insisting on quality and striving to get the basics of quality of care – safety, effectiveness and patient experience right every time. Compassion: The NHS ensures that compassion is central to the care the NHS provides and responds with humanity and kindness to each person’s pain, distress, anxiety or need. Improving lives: The NHS strives to improve health and wellbeing and people’s experiences of the NHS. Everyone counts: The NHS maximises its resources for the benefit of the whole community, ensuring no one is excluded, discriminated against, or left behind.
Benefits
Pay : The NHS offers a fair and transparent pay structure. Pensions : The NHS offers a generous pension scheme. Discounts : The NHS offers discounts at high street stores, insurance companies, and more. Annual leave : The NHS offers competitive annual leave. Flexible working : The NHS offers flexible working arrangements. Death in service : The NHS offers death-in-service benefits.
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