Resources for NHS and Outreach Professionals

Welcome to our Headstart into Healthcare resources webpage.

This page has been designed for NHS staff and Outreach and Widening Participation professionals wanting to make use of resources in their work.

If you have any questions about how to use these resources, please feel free to contact the project team.

Below you will find a number of resources for a variety of age groups, aimed at inspiring the next generation of health professionals.

The resources have also been designed to address various stereotypes that exist around careers in health and social care.

The below resources include:

• A short video from our outreach team, explaining what the NHS is and who works in the NHS
• A 360 degree video, which follows the story of Josh and his grandad as he meets various NHS professionals, and starts to think about his future career
• A series videos of different healthcare professions explaining what they saw in Josh’s story
• Short animations of current professionals and undergraduate students talking about their professions
• An activity book, containing information and activities centred around health careers
• A Colour activity book looking at a number of professions in the NHS and what they do in their day to day roles

In this video, Mark from our outreach team, talks about the NHS and the various professions that can be found working in the NHS.

This video is a good introduction to both school aged and college pupils, as well as those unaware of the vast scope of career paths available in the NHS.

This short film follows Josh and his grandfather, Patrick, as they navigate Patrick’s health issues and Josh’s future career aspirations together.

Viewers can use a pair of VR goggles to view this video.

Alternatively, they can view the film below on your PC, tablet or mobile device.

This resource is again suitable for all age groups as a discussion resource around different professions involved in a patients care, or as an aspiration raising video about supporting students into health careers.

The 360 film above shows Patrick at home and at a clinic appointment, talking about how he is feeling and what he is able, and unable to do.

The videos below have been recorded by registered Adult and Mental Health Nurses and a Cardiac Physiologist, explaining what they were each thinking whilst watching the film.

They explain what questions they would ask, the tests they would do and some initial thoughts as to why Patrick (grandad) might be feeling like he is.

The videos are suitable for all age groups, however some of the language used may need explaining to younger age groups, and gives a good introduction to how different professions would approach treating Patrick.

To complement the above resources, we worked with a number of healthcare professionals and current students to produce animated videos, introducing young people to their roles within healthcare.

These resources are suitable to all age groups, and offer a good introduction to a number of health careers.

Our Activity Workbook introduces young people to different health professions via information sheets, quizzes and games. It also introduces the idea of multidisciplinary teams and how different health professionals work together.

This resource has been designed with 11-16 students in mind, however it may be useful for use with high achieving Year 5 and 6 students.

Our final resource has been designed for use with Primary aged students, however it can be used by anyone.

Our colouring activities introduce the work of a number of healthcare professions and address some stereotypes of what these professionals do in their day to day work.

In evaluating the legacy of our project resources, your feedback is vital in helping us tweak and develop further resources for aspiring healthcare professionals.

Please take some time now to complete our short feedback form, or feel free to get in touch with us via email.