Every member of staff plays a vital role and is equally important.

We employ nurses, physiotherapists, dieticians, audiologists, speech and language therapists, health care assistants, rehabilitation specialists, pharmacists, occupational therapists, and other specialist clinicians, as well as corporate support professionals including administrators, finance, human resource, IT, and communication specialists.

Find out what our staff say about First Community in the case studies below.

For more information about current vacancies at First Community visit this page or contact the Recruitment team at 01737 775450.

Read how staff have been supported to undertake apprenticeships

Read more about our apprenticeships' on our Apprenticeship page.

Read about what it's like to be a student at First Community

We are passionate about supporting our NHS colleagues of tomorrow to learn and develop their professional skills in practice.  Here is some recent feedback from pre-registration students completing practice placements with us:

"Every person I shadowed was willing to teach me something and they were so helpful. I love the team and enjoyed my placement. Great place, great people for great placement experience . First year Student Occupational Therapist.

"I was given many opportunities throughout this placement which was really beneficial for my learning, getting to work with lots of different members of staff and healthcare professionals was really helpful and everyone was really welcoming . Third year student Physiotherapist

"My best placement so far!  My educator adapted my patient list to ensure I met a broad scope of patients. The team were reassuring, encouraging and empowering.

"My assessor and supervisors were very welcoming, great role models and easy to talk to and learn from .  Third year student Nurse.

First Community Health and Care took such good care of me and made me feel like a valued member of the Team throughout my placement. My educator was deeply knowledgeable, empathetic and collaborative and I learnt so much from her and Team throughout. Thank you."

First year student Occupational Therapist