As part of Black History Month and Liverpool Women’s Hospital initiative in “Promoting NHS Finance Careers” Bassey Orok, Management Accountant visited Kingsley Community Primary School.
The school wanted someone to explain what they do and how they got to where they are. This coincided with LWH initiative to promote the vast range of careers available in the NHS to students of all ages as they are our future workforce. As a local school over the road from LWH, it was an opportunity Bassey could not miss.
There were other speakers from various professions e.g., Pharmacist, Engineer, a poet/writer, boxer, lawyer, and local business entrepreneur.
Bassey addressed the assembly and explained the role of Finance in NHS and the support we give to front line medical staff and patients. The children and teachers wanted to know how Accountants fit into NHS hospitals as their perception of hospitals is Doctors and Nurses.
At the end of the assembly the head teacher thanked the speakers for coming and sharing their career experiences with the children. She said “you are all role models”.
Bassey said “It was interesting as the children asked interesting questions. I explained where we get our funding from and how it is used. I had to break it down to money. Some of the children expressed a career interest in Finance because of money, some wanted to know if am paid lots of money, another wanted to know how long it took to count the money and if I wished I had all that money. It was interesting seeing the children engaged and showing interest in what goes on in NHS beyond front line medical staff. I thoroughly enjoyed interacting with children and teachers.”
The feedback from Kingsley Community Primary School is that “the children loved it and are still talking about the assembly!”
