Work experience student Review

by NHS

Best Apprenticeship Employer

Rating

8.2/10

1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

I had the opportunity to shadow doctors in various different departments in the hospital. I also talked to the patients to see what they were going through and how the health care professionals were helping them.

10/10

2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

It really helped me to communicate in a more professional and articulate manner with people

10/10

3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

It was amazing and it was the final work experience that lead me to do medicine

10/10

4. How valued do you feel by NHS?

A lot because they were very encouraging to my learning and gave a lot of helpful tips to help with my application

10/10

5. How well organised/structured is your programme?

It was quite good as I had the opportunity to spend a day in different wards looking to help people with different degrees of illness and from different points in their lives.

9/10

6a. How much support do you receive from your training provider?

I got lots of advice from the junior doctors while I was there as it really helped me to understand some of the protocols in the hospital

9/10

6b. How much support do you receive from your employer?

I did not have much contact with them. I got permission to do the work experience and got introduced to the teams.

6/10

7. How well does your salary/package meet your costs?

no salary but it was mainly for my experience and benefit

5/10

8. Are there many opportunities outside of work?

I was only there for a week so it was not relevant

5/10

9. Would you recommend NHS to a friend?

Yes

9b. Why?

It is an amazing organisation to be part of and all the people that i met were really supportive and encouraging. I really enjoyed the way that medicine is a practical application of science to help people.

10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to NHS?

Just contact the local hospital to have a closer look at their application process. I emailed mine and they sent me an aplication form that I completed and I got it.