In-person work experience

• Getting work experience in the NHS as a young adult can be incredibly valuable for your future career in healthcare. One effective method is to leverage platforms like LinkedIn. Connect with professionals in job titles that interest you within the NHS, and reach out to them with a polite message expressing your interest in gaining work experience or asking them questions about their roles. This approach can be insightful and might lead to potential opportunities.

• Another impactful way is to be proactive and visit NHS facilities in person. By speaking directly with administrators, department heads, or even healthcare professionals, you show genuine interest and determination. This face-to-face interaction can leave a lasting impression and increase the likelihood of them offering you some form of work experience, even if it's a short-term opportunity. Make sure to leave your contact details with them and do check in once in a while as they might forget due to work.

• Join programmes which can help you towards your application as they may provide different opportunities like mentors and in person work experience! (A great example of this is the Social Mobility Foundation also known as SMF)

• Transferable skills are a great way to apply skills you’ve gotten from non clinical aspects of your life such as a part time job, or volunteering, being able to develop skills like communication, leadership, empathy which all link to different healthcare jobs and being able to show how it links to it in your personal statement is a great way to incorporate other situations towards boosting your portfolio. For example linking the communication skills you’ve gained from working a till job and how it link to the fact that it is imperative to be able to communicate clearly and concisely with a range of people while working in healthcare.