Health and Social Care Providers across Derby and Derbyshire have given a commitment to taking positive action for care-experienced young people by creating career development opportunities and guaranteeing job interviews.

There are over 350 different careers, clinical and non-clinical roles include:

Employers supporting this programme include:

Chesterfield Royal Hospital – has a workforce of circa 5,000 colleagues and cares for a population of 400,000. They provide a range of General Hospital services, together with an award-winning Emergency Department. They provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities including Community Diagnostic Centres. Website: https://www.chesterfieldroyal.nhs.uk/ [chesterfie…yal.nhs.uk]

Derbyshire Community Health Services – A community NHS Trust caring for patients across a wide range of services, increasingly delivering care in patients’ own homes as well as 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres across Derbyshire. They employ approximately 4,300 staff, making them one of the largest providers of specialist community health services in the country, serving a patient population of more than one million.
Website: https://dchs.nhs.uk/ [dchs.nhs.uk]

Derbyshire Healthcare – A provider of NHS mental health, learning disabilities and substance misuse (drug and alcohol) services in Derby city and Derbyshire county. They also provide a wide range of children’s services. They employ more than 2,800 staff providing services from a number of community bases across the whole of Derbyshire. Across the county and the city, they serve a combined population of approximately one million people.
Website: https://www.derbyshirehealthcareft.nhs.uk/ [derbyshire…eft.nhs.uk]

University Hospitals of Derby & Burton – a large acute Trust providing hospital services across Royal Derby Hospital, Queen’s Hospital Burton, Florence Nightingale Community Hospital, Samuel Johnson Community Hospital & Sir Robert Peel Community Hospital. UHDB are our largest NHS employer with over 12,000 staff.
Website: https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ [uhdb.nhs.uk]

Derby City Council – Just over 6,000 people work for the Council, making it one of the largest employers in the city. The jobs they do range from social work to teaching Derby’s children to engineering, lawyers, surveyors and environmental health officers. The Council is currently split into three directorates and is led by Chief Executive Paul Simpson. Website: https://www.derby.gov.uk/ [derby.gov.uk]

Derbyshire County Council – They work with communities to ensure services meet their environment, education, social, family, leisure, transport and economic needs and expectations. More than 18,000 people work for the council in places throughout the county, each with their own individual talents and abilities. The council is divided into four strategic directorates: Adult Social Care and Health; Children’s Services; Corporate Services and Transformation; and Place. Website: https://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/ [derbyshire.gov.uk]

DHU Healthcare – A ‘not for profit’ community interest company providing a diverse range of services including urgent and emergency care, primary care, out of hours services and NHS 111. Operating 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, they cover a population of almost ten million people across the East Midlands and beyond.
Website: https://dhuhealthcare.com/ [dhuhealthcare.com]

East Midlands Ambulance Service – Provides emergency 999 care and telephone clinical assessment services for a population of around 4.8 million people. They employ over 4,000 people and cover Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincolnshire (including North and North East Lincolnshire), Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire.
Website: https://www.emas.nhs.uk/ [emas.nhs.uk]

Integrated Care Board (NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB) – Responsible for coordinating health and social care across Derby and Derbyshire, bringing together NHS bodies, local authorities and voluntary sector organisations to deliver better care for our whole community.
Website: https://joinedupcarederbyshire.co.uk/derbyshire-integrated-care-board/ [joinedupca…hire.co.uk]