NTCL North & Scotland

A welcome letter to all attendees from editor of Nursing Times, Steve Ford. 

Dear Delegates,

On behalf of everyone at Nursing Times, welcome to Nursing Times Careers Live North & Scotland, our second ever virtual careers fair.

Just like our physical events, today is all about helping you make the next step on your career journey and is designed to make it easy for you to meet potential new employers.

Through our virtual events platform, you will be able to connect with exhibitors, arrange interviews and watch back anything on the programme that you missed.

You will have the chance to ask exhibitors about what it is like to work at their organisation, the training and development opportunities, and what the local area is like – but all from the comfort of your own home.

As well as the opportunity of ending the day with a new job, you will have the opportunity to be inspired by our guest speakers, two of whom bring an international flavour of adventure.

Yasma Osman, a clinical nursing expert in flight nursing, will explore what it’s like to be a nurse in a different country and their advice on enjoying and thriving in your role. Then, later in the day, Andy Dennis, a staff nurse at the charity Médecins Sans Frontières, will describe his experiences having raised over £100,000 to help less privileged communities overseas.

Striking a slightly different note is Elspeth Raisbeck, who is both a nurse and healthcare coach and trainer with In Your Own Way. Her session will explore a counselling approach that helps people find the internal motivation to change behaviour. 

For those at the start of their nursing journey, our live student reception will give you the opportunity to discuss key topics such as placements and preceptorships. Our special guest is Yasmin Khanagha, third year child nursing student at University of Leeds and also a former Nursing Times student editor.

After each presentation, you will have the opportunity to take part in a live question and answer session with the speaker. Plus, you can also join the discussion chat room with our speaker to follow up with more questions via the chat function.

We would like to thank our speakers – Yasma Osman, Elspeth Raisbeck, Andy Dennis and Yasmin Khanagha.

We would also like to thank our exhibitors.

Share your thoughts and tweet using the hashtag #NTCL. Happy job hunting!

Best wishes

Steve Ford, editor, Nursing Times and chair of Nursing Times Careers Live