Allied Health Professional staff support service users to live their lives as fully as possible. There are 15 unique roles in the Allied Health Professions which support treatment, rehabilitation and recovery to improve outcomes for patients.
Allied Health Professionals work alongside multidisciplinary medical and clinical teams in a variety of settings to support patients to overcome physical and mental barriers back to wellbeing and fitness.
To be employed in Allied Health Professional roles you will need to demonstrate a good standard of literacy and numeracy and for some roles, employers will ask for GCSE’s or equivalent in maths and English. Digital skills and qualifications are also highly sought after as many NHS and Social Care settings rely on IT based systems to manage their databases and patient information.
Working for the NHS or for Social Care in Mid and South Essex provides many opportunities to develop your skills further and there are a wide range of apprenticeships, in-house training and continuing professional development opportunities available that you can use to build your career.
There are also opportunities to develop your career within the Allied Health Professions by taking on additional responsibility and you could become a team leader, supervisor or a manager.
Allied Health Professional roles have lots of face-to-face contact with patients and other healthcare professionals and once qualified, you are able to gain registration.
There are support roles available in the Allied Health Professions for those who are looking to start their career or assist with patient care without registration.
Allied health professional roles
Tiles with Art Therapist, Diagnostic Radiographer, Dietitian, Dramatherapist, Music Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Operating Department Practitioner, Orthoptist, Osteopath, Paramedic, Physiotherapist, Podiatrist, Prosthetist, Speech and Language Therapist and Therapeutic Radiographer.
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Life as an allied health professional.