Five Mental Health Tips for Nurses & Doctors

Friday 10th October marks this year’s World Mental Health Day. This year the focus is on how repeated exposure to negative news coverage can impact on mental health. The Mental Health Foundation highlights how global and local events in the news can impact mental health, whether or not you are directly affected. However, there are

Nursing Careers: Choosing The Right Path

Nurses make up a considerable portion of the UK’s medical workforce, with around 750,000 on the permanent NMC register. But the wide variety of nursing career paths can sometimes seem overwhelming; what should you specialise in, and how does one role differ from another? We’ve worked with thousands of nurses over the past 20+ years,

Portfolio GP: Everything you need to know

If you’re looking to diversify your career as a GP, then working as a portfolio GP role may be the perfect choice. This type of GP position is becoming increasingly popular in the face of burnout among medical professionals, as more and more GPs look to mix up their day-to-day with exciting opportunities for development. 

We’re recruiting for the London Ambulance Service

Athona is now working with the London Ambulance Service (LAS) as a preferred supplier to support them in delivering outstanding emergency and urgent care within London. If you’re looking for a rewarding and flexible role in the London area, we have ongoing temporary roles for GPs, Band 6 Clinical Advisors and Band 7 Advanced Practitioners.

A UK doctor’s guide to working in Australia

If you’re a doctor moving from the UK to Australia, you’ve likely got several questions about the process. What does an Australian doctor’s salary look like vs the UK? How do you secure a doctor job in Australia? And perhaps most importantly: can UK doctors even work in Australia? To help you with your relocation,

The Art of Recruitment: One year on

Today marks one whole year since we launched The Art of Recruitment, our new website and our brand receiving a spruce up. But this was more than just aesthetics. Athona was founded back in 2003, so this year marks two decades in the industry. Over the years, we have strived to set ourselves apart from

NHS staff to get pay rise, but is it enough?

NHS workers have endured working in some of the toughest conditions over the past couple of years and the nation’s appreciation for our NHS is no secret. However, it’s essential that these sacrifices and dedication of these people is appropriately recognised and rewarded. Campaigners and unions have been fighting for fair pay for years, and

Meet Rebecca, Athona’s recruitment consultant for surgery

Meet Rebecca Newman, Athona’s recruitment consultant for surgery. We sat down and spoke to Rebecca to find out more about her role in recruitment and gain insight into the surgery recruitment market and how it has developed since working at Athona. Keep on reading to get to know more about Rebecca: How did you get

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