Work Shadowing
Work Shadowing in the NHS is a fantastic way to gain insight into a particular career. It can also be a valuable way of getting some confidence and experience of working in a team and caring for people.
Work Shadowing can help you choose the right career and will show you how the NHS really works. It can also help you experience being a part of a team and develop skills and knowledge that will give you a head start when you apply for a job or a university course.
Work Shadowing can help you choose the right career and will show you how the NHS really works. It can also help you experience being a part of a team and develop skills and knowledge that will give you a head start when you apply for a job or a university course.
Please note that Work Shadowing is offered for one day only.
Application for Work Experience Placements
Please read before completing the application form below.
Your electronic signature at the end of this form will be verification that you have read this information.
- Please be clear with the dates you are requesting to attend
- Your work experience can only last a maximum of 1 week
- All elements of this form must be completed
- You must be 16 years of age or older to gain a placement or 18 years for mental health
- You may only be allocated one department for the duration of your placement depending on availability
- Please note that all placements are strictly 'observation only' and you will not be providing patient care on a Ward placement.
- We are unable to provide any financial support for travel or meals whilst on your placement.
- To be considered for one of our placements we accept applications in January, May and September. All applications received out of these months will be disregarded.
Your application is important to us and we will do our best to accommodate your request, however we do receive large volumes of applications and can’t accommodate everybody. We will only contact you if you are successful in securing work experience with us. We will do this 2-weeks prior to the start date of your placement. It is not necessary to contact us unless you have any queries regarding the confirmed work experience placement. Please ensure you check your spam box regularly as some of our emails may deliver straight into that folder and subsequently you may miss communications from us. This application window allows you to apply for placements during July 2024, August 2024, September 2024 and October 2024 only. If you are wanting a placement later in 2024 or in early 2025, please wait for the next application window in September 2024.