Mandy Murphy
Assistant Matron in Medical Cardiology. With the Trust 6 years.
I've always been in cardiology; I've moved from a junior staff nurse all the way up, and I've never had to look outside the Trust for the next promotion. Barts and The London Heart Centre is big, and it's one of the best ones too.
There's always been the opportunity for movement. For some people, that means moving on to different jobs, and for others, like me, it's about moving up in the same job. But either way, you don't necessarily have to wait for a vacancy, because new posts, and new roles, are actually being created all the time.
Right now I've got just the right balance in my work: I manage about thirty-five staff, but I also do clinical work. For me that's the ideal mix between being a manager with responsibility for all those people, and hands-on clinical practice which keeps me in touch with the patient care side of the work.
And I've got a good balance between work and personal life, as well, because I've got a baby, so I work part-time. Everybody wins: I get to look after my child, and they get to retain someone like me, with all the experience I can offer.