Is this thread still what the OP started? If so...
No specific vacancies, but I'd recommend anyone looking for work taking a look at
http://www.jobs.nhs.uk. All NHS jobs have to go on there I think.
I'm referring to non-clinical jobs.
My experience of the NHS is that applicants aren't universally brilliant to say the least, which helps the odds when it comes to getting a job. And although redundancies are happening all over the place, turnover is high so there are still vacancies in most places. If someone can do the usual interview/job skills bit of speaking formally & making the right faces, and they can also work Excel and Word well, they may find themselves at an advantage for quite a wide range of positions.
The thing that keeps a lot of applicants out of a job though, is their understanding of the NHS itself. It's stupidly complex, in a multitude of different ways. I have a suspicion that it's not uncommon for crap candidates to be hired over far more skilled people, purely because they already have a job in the NHS and so understand WTF their interviewer is wittering on about. So if anyone is going to apply for an NHS job from outside, then
- Do your research.
- Pm me. I'll help. I should be able to point you towards the things you need to read and understand for the type of role you're applying for at least. Certainly with hospital jobs, a bit with PCTs (CCGs or NHS England now), less so with mental health.
I'm not slagging the NHS workforce off btw. There are a lot of really good people working for a lot less money than they could be getting elsewhere. But because of the specialised knowledge, jargon etc it can be a bit of a closed shop.
I'd also suggest that once you're in there are usually quite a few opportunities to step up, based on merit more than qualifications. More so than I found when I worked in the private sector.