Interested in becoming a health and care ambassador?
The ambassador programme was designed with academy partners as a whole-system response to promoting health and care careers. It is our aim to deliver and support an ambassador programme where our ambassadors have all the tools and resources they need to have high quality and meaningful interactions with Kent and Medway’s students and jobseekers, and inspire the workforce of tomorrow.
The academy is recruiting health and care ambassadors in all areas of Kent and Medway. We are looking for ambassadors that represent all roles across all sectors of health and care.
No matter that your role, or what stage of your career you are in; an expert within your field or just starting out, we want to hear from you. Your unique experience will show people of any age who are interested in health and care careers what is possible.
What can I expect?
Once you sign up, your organisational careers lead will be notified, and you will have access to the Kent and Medway health and care ambassadors NHS Futures page, where you can find tools and resources to support careers engagement, information and guidance, and opportunities to contact other ambassadors and share your experiences and learning. You can then work with your careers lead to find a suitable event or engagement opportunity and work with the academy to make sure we are continually reviewing and improving our service. You can attend as many events or respond to as many requests as you wish. We ask that you preferably attend at least one event per year. For your first event, the academy team will aim to pair you up with an experienced ambassador to give you that little bit of a helping hand to get you started.
What's in it for me?
An ambassador role can provide opportunities for you to develop skills in leadership, mentoring and coaching, which may support your personal career development plans.
It is also an opportunity for a change of scene – to see your career journey through another’s eyes and use your story to inspire others.
You will be helping to develop the workforce of tomorrow, promoting all career choices across all sectors of health and care. Many young people, students or jobseekers are not aware of the 350+ careers available in health or the many different roles within care, or not aware of the different places they can work. Some may not know that they can become a registered nurse through an apprenticeship route. Sharing this information supports the academy’s widening participation agenda, enabling people from all backgrounds to access health and care careers. By being a part of this, you will be creating social value within your local community.
Ok, I’m interested, what do I do now?
Complete the form below and a member of the academy team will be in contact with you. This is Kent and Medway’s first whole-system ambassador programme, and it is a new process (November 2024), so we anticipate there will be some bumps to iron out. We appreciate your engagement and feedback along the way and will do all we can to support you.
Feedback
Feedback from local organisations who have used health and care ambassadors
“Thank you so much again for coming in to speak to our business students this week about your role and career path. It was incredibly interesting, and the students and I had lots of conversations afterwards about what they heard, and what they learned from listening to you. […] Many hadn't considered financial management as a different role to finance accounting and so that led to a lot of interest. Overall, it was really enlightening for them to gain a better insight into how the NHS funding works, and the kinds of decisions you are having to make on how and where that funding is spent. Thank you again, your talk was a valuable part of my students' learning this year, and I hope we can welcome you again next year, to speak to the next business cohort.”