Be careful what you wish for......

[theroyale]

but because the NHS trusts were REQUESTING to pay these rates. I'm talking £500 per day, for an "executive assistant" (PA/meeting notes taker to you and I).

Wow! Mate I have 4 years work experience in healthcare (never in nhs though), get me this job!!

Have any of you found NHS work detrimental to your career/CV?

This is a great question, and I'm interested too in hearing an answer from anyone who's been there.

[BA to the Stars]

Have any of you found NHS work detrimental to your career/CV?

If anything having public sector experience does open many doors (I am lucky in that I have both public & private sector on my CV). NHS & Public sector in general is a totally different culture to the private sector.

I have found having NHS experience has been positive from a CV / contract opportunity perspective. Often agents will state that you need NHS experience to go for gigs (probably so that the culture is not too much of a shock).