Work Experience Applications are now open

We are pleased to share that the Experience Hub is now live, providing a dedicated work-experience platform for Mid and South Essex. 

The Experience Hub brings together placement opportunities into one accessible space. It has been designed to make it easier for you to explore a range of careers available while gaining valuable, real-world insight into what working in the sector is really like. You can access the Experience Hub at  https://www.ourpeopleyourfuture.co.uk  

There are several other opportunities and virtual programmes for you to consider to learn more about careers in healthcare.

Medical Work Experience

If you are interested in medical work experience opportunities, please click on the links provided below.

Age Restrictions

For health, safety, and safeguarding reasons, applicants for work experience at the Trust must be at least 15 years of age when applying. Therefore we are unable to support applications for "Bring your child to work day" if they are under the age of 15 years old.

Applicants aged 15 can only undertake non-clinical placements , administration roles in non-patient facing areas.

Applicants aged 16+

Students can gain a clinically based healthcare placement such as outpatients’ clinic.

17-Year-Old and Over

All students must be 17 or over to have a placement on a ward. Students under 17 years are excluded from shadowing surgical placements, across all Trust sites.

Applicants 18+

Placements in high-risk clinical areas – A&E, Maternity, Critical Care, Paediatrics etc. – can only be undertaken by those aged 18 and over.

If you are at school or college and have a keen interest in working for the Trust after your studies, or have completed your studies and are looking for some work experience, please visit  https://www.ourpeopleyourfuture.co.uk

Lab work experience

Pathology First provide many laboratory services at our Trust hospitals and may have the capacity to offer a placement for the dates required. 

To find out more, visit the Pathology First website at  https://humanmedicine.synlab.co.uk/nhs-partnerships-3/pathology-first — there is a ‘Contact Us’ page where you can make an enquiry.

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Mental health work experience placements 

Psychology and Mental Health placements are not offered at our Trust.

For these types of placements, we would recommend contacting the Essex Partnership University NHS Trust (EPUT) who are the dedicated Mental Health Trust in our area and will have more scope than we would as an acute provider to offer you something relevant to your interests.  

Please visit their website at https://eput.nhs.uk.

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Learning opportunities 

Mid and South Essex Health and Care Academy offers an exciting opportunity for young people to gain exposure to the many professional roles available in healthcare. 

With a range of specialised training and education programmes, the Academy aims to help young people discover the career they are best suited, unlock their potential and equip them with the skills and knowledge required to pursue their chosen profession.

For more information about the Health and Care Academy see the below:

If you would be interested in further information about the Health and Care Academy, please visit: www.ourpeopleyourfuture.co.uk.

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Volunteering

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please visit Volunteering.

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