At NHS Devon we strive to improve health and to provide the highest quality health and social care services, built around the patient, to more than three quarters of a million people in the Devon area that we serve. We are able to do this because of the remarkable work of our staff.

In valuing the contribution our staff make, we aim to be a model employer. This includes:

• Offering modern employment practices
• Recognising that staff need to strike a healthy balance between work and home life
• Family friendly policies
• Involving staff in developing working arrangements
• Personal and professional development and training opportunities
• Flexible working arrangements
• Occupational health and counselling services
• Childcare voucher scheme
• Measures to protect staff from violence and harassment

Pay terms and conditions of employment include:

• A minimum 27 days’ paid holiday plus bank holiday entitlement
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• Flexible retirement and retirement awards
• The option to join the NHS Pension Scheme – an excellent, final salary scheme which offers a proportion of final salary, up to half pay, depending on length of service

All staff have access to training and development opportunities and are supported to create Personal Development Plans. These are used to identify training needs which can be met from the wide range of learning opportunities provided by the Learning and Development Department – and include, clinical skills, management development, coaching and mentoring, National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs), customer care, IT skills and much, much more.

NHS Devon is an equal opportunities employer and all applications are welcomed and considered regardless of a person’s age, gender, religion, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or ethnic origin. We aim to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community we serve.

We welcome applications from disabled candidates and, as a two tick disability employer, disabled applicants need only meet the essential criteria detailed on the person specification to be invited to interview. We are happy to make any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process to enable you to pursue your application – just make sure that you let us know.

There is a wide range of career options in the NHS – not all jobs need formal qualifications and they are not all clinical posts – we have secretaries and personal assistants, administrators, IT, finance, accountants and therapy/nursing support posts. This is by no means a complete list – to check out the full range of employment opportunities within the NHS, please see www.nhscareers.nhs.uk. If you have a degree, then do have a look at www.whatcanidowithmydegree.nhs.uk for more information. If you about to leave school or college, the new website www.stepintothenhs.nhs.uk is the perfect starting point for finding out all you need to know. If you are considering a career in nursing or just want more information, then log onto www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/nursing.

Full details of all of our vacancies are on the NHS Jobs website - where you can apply online at any time.