The course is finished. You can’t quite believe that you are actually allowed to call yourself a radiographer but you can - it’s there on that registration confirmation from the Health and Care Professions Council. Moving from student to registered practitioner is a time for celebration but along with the excitement and sense of achievement comes some trepidation. How do you deal with the pressures of your first job? How will your colleagues treat you? What will be expected of you and is dealing with the huge backlog of work caused by the pandemic as exhausting as everyone says? We’ve asked three recently qualified radiographers to share their experiences of becoming professionals and, although they all had their fair share of anxieties and concerns, the common theme is that joining a busy team is far from the terrifying ordeal you might imagine. They talk about the great support they’ve been given, and how important it is to ask questions and request help when needed. Above all, having self-belief seems to be the key. You have proved your competence - otherwise you wouldn’t be where you are. Now is the time to put all of those hard-won skills into practice.
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