We offer work experience placements at Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford and are now able to offer limited placements at Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup.
Work experience is fully booked until January 2025.
No placements are available during these weeks:
- 20th – 24th Jan 2025
- 10th – 14th Feb 2025
- 10th – 14th Mar 2025
- 21st – 25th Apr 2025
- 28th Apr – 2nd May 2025
Additional unavailability will be added for June & July in due course
- Students must be 17 or older by the time of placement.
- Placements are one week (Monday-Friday) and limited to one per student per year.
- We cannot offer placements in Maternity, Pharmacy or Haematology.
- Paediatric placements are only available Tuesday - Friday morning in outpatient clinics (no access to wards).
- Complete the online application form (at the bottom of this page).
- Send your CV and a strong supporting statement to tracy.brooker@nhs.net.
- Make sure to get school approval for the dates as they cannot be changed once booked.
- Once placed, you cannot move to another department.
For Medical Attachments (Doctors):
Please contact Taylor Harre at t.harre@nhs.net
Volunteering Option:
If work experience isn’t available, consider volunteering. This involves non-clinical tasks and gives a good insight into healthcare work.
Clinical placements are shadowing only.
Physiotherapy:
For students considering Physiotherapy as a career or applying to university. Shadowing covers General Medicine, Trauma Orthopaedics, Stroke, and MSK. Offered for 3 days in April and August.
Email: dvh.physiotherapy@nhs.net
Occupational Therapy:
For students applying to university. Submit your CV and answer:
- Why are you interested in OT?
- What would you like to gain from the placement?
- Which universities are you applying to?
Email: dgn-tr.occupationaltherapy@nhs.net
Nutrition and Dietetics:
For students applying to university. Submit your CV and answer:
- Why are you interested in Nutrition and Dietetics?
- What do you want to gain from the placement?
- Which universities/courses are you applying to?
Email: dgn-tr.dvhdietitians@nhs.net
Radiology:
One-day placement for students applying to university.
Email: tracy.brooker@nhs.net
Pathology:
For university applicants or undergraduates seeking discipline-specific experience. Students can observe Central Specimen Reception, Biochemistry, Haematology, Blood Transfusion, and Microbiology. Placements can last up to 5 days.
Email: tracy.brooker@nhs.net
- Work experience is unpaid and shadowing only.
- No feedback will be given if your application is unsuccessful.