We know that choosing a future career can be an exciting and sometimes overwhelming experience and it’s important that you explore all of your options before deciding. Workplace shadowing and work experience are a great way to learn more about the different careers available.

Our unpaid placements last up to one week and give an insight into how our services operate, the types of health problems we diagnose and treat, and how we transform the lives of our service users.

You need to be aged 16 or over and a citizen of the United Kingdom, or hold a suitable work permit, to take be eligible for any of our placements.

If you’re aged 16-17, please make sure that your application is signed by a parent or guardian and your tutor or careers officer.

There’s a lot of demand for our placements so – if you’re in higher education – we can only accept applications to shadow the service you’re becoming qualified in.

If you’re considering a future in healthcare, and think a shadowing or work experience placement would be valuable to you, get in touch with our team.

We’ll let you know which opportunities we have available (not all services are suitable for shadowing or work experience) and put you directly in touch with one of our service leads.

Once you’ve agreed on a date for your placement, we’ll send over an application form and carry out a few pre-placement checks.

Virtual work experience

Higher Education England (HEE) have created a series of virtual work experience opportunities in partnership with Springpod for young people in years 10-13 and living in South East England.

Courses include:

• Nursing and midwifery
• Medicine
• Allied health professions

These courses are available on demand so they can be scheduled around your studies.

Visit the Springpod website to find a virtual work experience programme.

• Visit Springpod

Learn more about roles in the NHS on the Health Careers website.

• Visit Health Careers