Work Experience is a fantastic way of learning more about the hundreds of career options available to you through the NHS and gaining experience in order to make career choices whether you are at college, applying to university or seeking experience priory to gaining employment. 

Contact our team through Work.experience@geh.nhs.uk

To provide high quality opportunities to experience the culture and real feel of a health sector workplace.

Work Experience provides an introduction to the behaviours that are expected within the workplace, such as effective communication, punctuality and treating people with respect. 

To provide work experience for those considering a career within a healthcare environment - Work experience is vital for your higher education application.

 

Our work experience opportunities are unpaid and will last a maximum of 5 days.

Hours varying between 09:00 and 16:00 depending on what the department can offer. This is open to all applicants throughout the whole year who are 16 or above. We have many departments available for Work Experience. 

A few examples include:

  • Clinical
  • Maternity (18+)
  • Nursing
  • Radiology
  • Special Care Dental Clinic (based across Warwickshire)          
  • Audiology
  • Physiotherapy                  
  • Theatres (18+)         
  • Anaesthetics and Recovery
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Lucy Deane (Renal Unit)       
  • Medicine
  • Endo/ Diabetes
  • T&O
  • Radiology
  • Cardiology
  • Urology
  • Gastro
  • A&E
  • Rheumatology
  • Administration
  • Finance
  • Financial Management
  • Human Resources
  • Portering
  • Chaplaincy
  • Outpatients Medical Record
  • Governance
  • PALS (Patient Advice andLiason Service)
  • Stores
  • Tissue Viability Admin
  • Communications
  • Business Development
  • Health Records- Bayton Road
  • Estates

These are available for students in years 10 - 11 which aim to show students the vast array of jobs that the NHS has to offer. This will be organised through your school.

To be considered for a placement, all applicants must meet the following criteria:

  1. Placement will only be available for students that are in North Warwickshire
  2. Must be in Year 12+
  3. Must complete the Virtual Work Experience programme (link & leaflet provided by Widening Access Team)
  4. Attend an event, either online or onsite.
  5. Proof of virtual and event attended to be provided before a f-2-f placement can be allocated

If you’re a Coventry based student you will need to contact UHCW, for more information please follow this link: Work Experience - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire

Further details about any upcoming events will be shared via our social media channels and distributed to colleges and sixth forms within the North Warwickshire area.

All placements will be for a maximum of 2 working days, for more information please contact us on work.experience@geh.nhs.uk 

Other Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital NHS Trusts:

Please email the above Trusts for information on their work experience process as it may differ from George Eliot Hospital Trusts process.

For applicants Information

In order to ensure and monitor that we provide opportunities to people from all backgrounds, we ask all prospective work experience candidates to complete all of the questions on the application form to the best of their ability. This information is stored securely, and any personal information is anonymised when used for reporting purposes. Please ensure that a parent, guardian or responsible adult (e.g. Teacher) is notified of your application and is given the opportunity to review the information you provide. If you have any questions about the application process please do not hesitate to contact the Talent for Care Team at Talentforcare@geh.nhs.uk