Vocation and identity
For many NHS staff, the role is not a job but an identity. When that identity is squeezed by pressure, moral injury or burnout, the cost is paid by the person and by the service.
Where AURIS fits
AURIS supports NHS staff to recognise what is happening, regulate inside the role, and, when transition is the right answer, to leave with their identity intact.
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About the author
Gemma Gardner
Founder and Research Lead, AURIS Institute
Gemma Gardner leads the AURIS research programme on identity and occupational transition. Her work builds the evidence base behind the AURIS Framework and the Identity System, drawing on interviews with service leavers, families and the organisations that support them.
- Lead author, Identity Performance Psychology white paper series
- Principal investigator, AURIS identity adaptation interview programme
- Author of AURIS submissions on identity in occupational transition
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