Life at Connect Health

Read our people stories to find out what life is really like working for Connect Health.

 

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Life at Connect Health

Read our people stories to find out what life is really like working for Connect Health.

 

Find out more Get in touch

People Stories

A Day in the Life – Tom Bounford

As part of our Day in the Life series of colleague stories, we’re introducing you to Tom Bounford, Advanced Practice Physiotherapist (APP) Pain Management across MSK/Pain Services within the Midlands.

A Day in the Life – Dr Alan Sweeney

As part of our Day in the Life series of colleague stories, we’re introducing you to Dr. Alan Sweeney, a Sport and Exercise Medicine Consultant for Connect Health in Wolverhampton.

A Day in the Life – Catherine Campbell

As part of our Day in the Life series of colleague stories, we’re introducing you to Catherine Campbell, Clinical Delivery Lead (CDL), Non-Medical Prescriber (NMP) Lead and Pain Advanced Practice Physiotherapist (APP).

A Day in the Life – Lesley Crosby

As part of our new Day in the Life series of colleague stories, we’re introducing you to Lesley Crosby, Director of Governance and Risk, Director of Infection Prevention and Control and Caldicott Guardian.

My split role as an FCP and Team Lead is the perfect balance

Laura McColl, First Contact Practitioner and FCP Team Lead, explains how she was inspired to become a Physiotherapist after seeing her mother’s recovery journey, and how she has developed her career and is now able to help even more people.

I have been able to progress quite a lot since I started at Connect due to the environment and support

Aidan McGuire, Service Transition Manager, tells us how his time at Connect Health has allowed him to try new things and work with many inspiring personalities across the organisation.

It’s nice to give back to the Graduate Development Programme, it feels like I’ve come full circle.

Mahin Kohli, Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner (APP) and Team Lead in Wolverhampton, catches us up on the last 3 years of his career since we last spoke and tells us how he is embarking on an exciting new role with Flippin’ Pain!

As an FCP, I can see the positive impact that we bring to healthcare.

Gemma Parkin, Team Lead and First Contact Practitioner, tells us how rewarding it is being an FCP and how she is able to help patients to see the right people, first time.

Moving to a different country was a bit daunting at first but Connect Health has helped it to feel more like home

Abba Balarabe, Senior MSK Physiotherapist, tells us about the opportunities that are available to him and how the values of Connect Health are integrated into the company culture.

At Connect Health there is a great career framework and a family of roles you can move into.

Paul Vincent, Head of IM&T Service Operations for Connect Health, talks to us about his passion for technology and how he uses that to drive the projects he works on.

Connect Health gave me the confidence to try something new.

Amy Haggerston, Learning and Development Business Partner, describes how she feels like part of the bigger picture by supporting Connect Health colleagues to develop their skills and create better outcomes for patients.

Connect Health put people at the centre of everything. Everyone is just so nice and I’ve never felt so welcomed.

Ami Render, Team Leader in Patient Care Coordination (PCC) tell us about how she has moved career from retail and call centres to healthcare, and how she has changed her outlook on life. She explains how Connect Health is supportive, exciting, challenging and the rewards are always good.

There’s no limit to my ambition, I always look towards my next step. At Connect Health, it’s there to take.

Jenie Wilson, Advanced MSK Clinician and Team Lead in Oxfordshire, tells us how she felt overlooked because she was a sports therapist until she came to Connect Health where she feels like an equal with her colleagues.

It’s very important to me that the company I work for has a good ethos.

Lise Verlo, Development Manager in the Connect Health IM&T team, tells us about how she was still figuring things out when she left school and how her focus was to do something that would make her feel happy, even if she didn’t know what that was.

Trying to make things better for patients is what I enjoy.

Charlie Reed, Quality Support Advisor at Connect Health, explains how he started as a temp, has been promoted in just a year, and has had opportunities to travel and see the patient experience first hand.