Blogs

This week is National Apprenticeship Week and Jayne Pattison goes into detail about why it is extremely important to raise awareness surrounding apprenticeships, and reiterate that they can be for anyone.

As part of National Apprenticeship Week (3rd-7th February 2020) our PR Executive Molly McNaughton, who is also studying for an apprenticeship, tells us why she thinks they provide an excellent route to getting a strong start in your career.

Sarah van der Merwe, our Head of Apprenticeships, goes in to detail about why apprenticeships are an amazingly useful way of educating yourself and progressing your career.

Elly Gunning, 52, tells how completing an apprenticeship isn’t just for school leavers and you can do an apprenticeship whatever age you are.

As a former GP who has worked in healthcare for 34 years, I – like most of us across this wonderful and important sector – am committed to help train and build a skilled workforce to meet the future demands of a growing population that is living longer.

I am delighted to have signed Virgin Care up to the Social Mobility Pledge, which will mean our organisation will be working with others to make a real difference to social mobility in the workplace.

Struggling to structure your CV? Feeling like you have reached a brick wall? Here are some of our top tips on how to write a stand out CV.

Jaskiran, who joined us from the NHS Graduate Management Scheme, tells how her time at Virgin Care has given her a greater understanding of the world of health and social care and says she feels this will benefit her now and throughout her career.

Maybe you haven’t had an interview for years; maybe you have suddenly become nervous and want to pull out? Or maybe you feel calm and collected and know you are going to give it your all. Here is our guide for you on our interview do’s and don’ts, aiming to set you up for a brilliant interview.

A happy team delivers better outcomes. Our people director Samantha writes on our blog today about what we’ve done to ensure we have a happy team.

Brian Kinsella is Clinical Lead and Clinical Nurse Continence Specialist in East Staffordshire. Over the last 18 months, Brian and Learning Disability Nurse Steph Brinklow, have been visiting care and assisted living homes together, educating staff about continence issues and helping to change the lives of people they care for.

Much has been written and said about the procurement process which the NHS in Surrey ran back in 2016 to find the best organisation to deliver vital children’s services until 2022. A lot of what has been written is misleading or misinformed, and all of it has lost the key point: a procurement process is meant to be about picking the right provider – a principle we agree with.