Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital - Work experience or Observerships
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
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Want to see healthcare up close? Join a short unpaid placement or observership at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital to explore nursing, medicine, therapies and more, build practical skills, and boost your university or career prospects.
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) offers unpaid, short-term work experience placements and separate observerships. Work experience is aimed primarily at school students wanting to sample healthcare and can cover many areas (nursing, medicine, therapies, surgery, administration, IT, pharmacy, etc.
). Placements are organised by individual departments and require local supervision; many clinical staff are only able to offer a few placements per year. Applicants are encouraged to give at least eight weeks' notice, particularly for school holidays.
Specific options include Anaesthetics and Surgery (for those considering medical school), a Therapies Allied Health Professions (AHP) work experience programme (restricted to students aiming to study an AHP), and Cellular and Molecular Pathology (Histopathology) where applicants must be in Year 12 studying the Core Sciences with specified projected grades. Work experience placements are typically 1 65 days; observerships are for applicants aged over 18 and involve observation only, lasting no longer than two weeks.
To apply you must complete the Trust work experience application form and submit it with a CV (CV must show evidence of A Levels where requested). Completed forms and CVs should be returned by email to rnoh.
workexperience@nhs. net. Observership applicants should complete the observership application form and arrange a sponsoring clinician for the placement.
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- Students must be aged 16 6 18 years old and have the permission of their parent or guardian.
- Some areas will require a student to be a minimum of 17 years of age.
- Students cannot be hosted in an area where a family member or close friend is working.
- Students cannot be placed in high-risk areas such as ICU, Paediatrics wards, and Estates; not all areas will accept requests.
- Students cannot be placed out of hours, at weekends, or on bank holidays.
- Students are permitted one placement only.
- Therapies AHP work experience programme is only open to students looking to study one of the Allied Health Professions (e.g., Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Dietetics, Speech & Language Therapy, Orthotics, Prosthetics).
- Cellular and Molecular Pathology (Histopathology) placements: students must be in Year 12 studying Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics (the Core Sciences) at A Level or a Science BTEC, with a projected minimum of grades C in at least two Core Sciences at A Level or equivalent.
- Work experience in Anaesthetics and Surgery (and other clinical areas) for those interested in applying to medical school requires submission of CV plus the Trust work experience application form.
- Observerships are for over 18s only (see observerships section).
Unpaid. Work experience placements are short-term and unpaid; observerships are observation-only placements (no paid employment).
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