HCSW Career Case Studies

Jack's story - Modern Apprentice Life Sciences

Ryan’s story - a Modern Apprenticeship programme to learn the skills to become a clinical practitioner technologist

When Ryan left school, he didn’t have the qualifications to get into an apprenticeship. Determined to succeed, he went to college for 3 years, studying maths, science, and technical subjects. He is now doing a clinical practitioner technologist apprenticeship at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Read the full story and watch the video about Ryan’s story at A rewarding career in medical equipment management: Ryan’s i

Kasia’s story – Associate Healthcare Sciences Support Worker to a Biomedical Scientist

Kasia enjoyed her role as an associate practitioner, but knew she wanted to become a registered biomedical scientist. The challenge was that she still didn't have the academic qualifications required for the role. Read Kasia’s full story at NoWrongPath to a job in the NHS | NHSScotland Careers to find out how her career dream became a reality.

David’s story – career change from medical records to medical physics through an apprenticeship programme

David’s route to NHS Scotland didn't follow a normal academic path. David left school with standard grades, but no specific technical qualifications and joined NHS Scotland in a medical records role, but it wasn't quite what he wanted.  David wanted something much more technical. A strength of NHS Scotland is the massive variety of roles available and there are so many departments where technical skills support patient care, from estates to wheelchair services. Read David’s full story about his journey towards a medical physics apprenticeship programme on the NHS Scotland website at My career switch from medical records to medical physics | N

You can also watch the following video to hear from David about his career journey at https://vimeo.com/1075142825