Discover careers in the Allied Health Professions

Think healthcare just involves doctors and nurses? Think again. Discover the Allied Health Professions (AHPs) that play a vital role in patient care and make up the third largest workforce in the NHS.

Join Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust for this free careers event and hear directly from healthcare professionals about their real-life experiences, explore different career pathways and discover which role is right for you.

Explore careers including physiotherapy, dietetics, radiography, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, paramedic science and more.

Representatives from Buckinghamshire New University, the College of Paramedics and Chiltern Music Therapy will also be joining us.

Who should attend?  This event is part of our BrigHTfutures@BHT programme aimed at secondary school students. It's ideal for anyone in Years 7-13 who is interested in healthcare, science, helping people or exploring future career options within the NHS. However, anyone interested in healthcare careers is welcome to attend.

AGENDA

4.45pm: Arrival 

5pm: Event starts

Welcome and an introduction to the Allied Health Professions – Mav Ghalley, Director of Allied Health Professions

• Welcome to the Trust: who we are, services we provide
• An overview of AHP roles at BHT: physiotherapist, operating department practitioner (ODP), dietitian, music therapist, occupational therapist, orthoptist, orthotist, paramedic, podiatrist, diagnostic radiographer, speech & language therapist

AHP spotlights

• Music Therapist
• Diagnostic Radiographer
• Speech & Language Therapist
• Operating Department Practitioner (ODP)
• Orthotist and Prosthetist

Clinical skills in action – a live demonstration by the Simulation and Skills Team

AHP spotlights continued

• Dietitian
• Physiotherapist
• Orthoptist
• Occupational Therapist
• Podiatrist
• Paramedic
  

How do you become an AHP?

The university route

• How to find out about entry requirements
• How to find university courses
• Application tips
• NHS Learning Support Fund

Join straight from school or college 

• Starting out as an AHP support worker (after sixth form)
• Apprenticeship opportunities explained

Work experience and volunteering 

• Two-day work experience opportunities
• Launching the February 2027 three-day multi-role AHP experience
• BHT Young Volunteers programme

'Ask an AHP' speed networking session – a chance to meet and put your questions to individual AHPs.

7pm: Close

FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE EVENT

• PARTICIPANT AGE: This event is aimed at students in Year 7 and above at secondary school or college. Tickets are free. Each young person may be accompanied by one parent/carer. Over 16s are welcome to attend on their own with parent/carer consent.
• VENUE: The event will take place at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in the Sir Henry Floyd Lecture Theatre, located in the education centre behind the main hospital building. See Google Maps for an exact location: https://goo.gl/maps/5K5i9RyKhtSUq3c48 or ask for directions at the welcome desk in main reception.
• ARRIVAL TIME: Registration is from 4.45pm and we recommend arriving early to find a parking spot, or you can get dropped off right outside the Sir Henry Floyd Building.
• PARKING: There is visitor parking around the back of Stoke Mandeville Hospital, with usual charges applying. (Please do not park in staff car parking.) See our website for details: https://www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk/visiting-your-hospitals/visiting/stoke-mandeville-hospital/