We offer work experience placements specifically for pupils from local schools who have an interest in becoming a doctor. The placement will be supervised by a senior doctor and aimed at gaining an insight into a career in medicine.

Examples of placements in specialities are:

• Accident & Emergency
• Acute Medicine
• Cardiology
• Gastroenterology
• Geriatric Medicine
• Intensive Care Unit

Eligibility

• In Year 12 and a minimum of 16 years of age
• Achieved at least 5 GCSEs at grade 6-9 including English, Maths, Biology, Chemistry and Physics and be studying to achieve the qualifications that will enable you to met the criteria for a place at Medical School and
• Committed to applying to a UK Medical School within the next 12 months

Placement

A placement will be typically no more than three days, normally Tuesday-Thursday. There will also be the opportunity to attend an online post-placement session with our Medical Education Fellows to reflect on the placement and explore how the experience might be used in your medical school application.

Find out more on the MTW Medical Education website

Email: mtw-tr.medicalworkexperience@nhs.net

Tel: 01892 634014

We have spaces available to work with our Cardiac Healthcare Scientists who perform a variety of cardiac diagnostic tests to diagnose and monitor patients with a range of heart conditions. During this four or five day cross site placement, you will gain insight into the variety of roles and responsibilities within Cardiac Healthcare Science. You will observe ECGs, holter monitors, exercise tolerance tests, echocardiography, pacing clinics, pacemaker implants and coronary angiography.

Criteria:

• Must demonstrate a keen interest in becoming a cardiac healthcare scientist
• Good communicator and keen to observe minor surgical procedures
• GCSE Grade 5 (B) or above in Maths, English and Science
• Be studying towards A levels or equivalent including at least one science subject, and expected to achieve BBB/120 UCAS points

Availability:

• Two placements available in the Easter holidays
• Several placements available during June, July and August

We are offering an eight or nine-week programme that presents the opportunity to explore Nursing and wide range of healthcare careers. This placement will involve a general overview of this career and many others in a two-hour after school session once a week for eight or nine weeks.

This is a great opportunity for anyone who wants a job within healthcare but may be unsure which career may be for them.

Criteria

• Extremely caring individual
• Comfortable with exposure to bodily fluids and potentially distressing environments
• Individual must demonstrate enthusiasm and professionalism

Availability

• Twenty spaces available for the programme commencing on the first week of June

This cross site four-day placement will involve exploring how the laboratory works and spending one day within each pathology discipline: Microbiology, Cellular Pathology, Blood Sciences and Point of Care Testing (POCT).

Criteria

• Display keen interest in Biomedical Science and Pathology

Availability

• Seven placements – one individual per week between June and July

Experience an exciting day with the Diagnostic day with the Diagnostic Radiography team where you will observe a range of X-rays and CT scanning. In addition, you may be rotated through Fluoroscopy, Ultrasound and Nuclear Medicine, depending on your preferences.

Criteria:

• Age 18 and over, with a keen interest in a clinical role, and radiology/diagnostic imaging
• GCSE Grade 4 ( C ) or above in Maths, Science, and English
• Be studying towards or already achieved A Levels (minimum grades BBC), including a science or equivalent BTEC – 112 UCAS points)

Availability

• 1 x placement a day during the Easter holidays
• Several placements available in July and August

We have Radiotherapy placements available at either our Maidstone or Canterbury site, where you will observe treatment procedures and CT planning, and discuss opportunities with specialist radiographers

Criteria:

• Must demonstrate a keen interest in Radiology
• GCSE Grade 4 (C) or above in Maths, Science, and English
• Be studying towards or already achieved A-Level qualifications or equivalent in Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Human Biology

Availability:

• 4 x placements available during the Easter holidays
• Several placements available in July and August

Spend two days with our physiotherapists. Gain an insight into the day-to-day life of a physiotherapist, exploring patient treatment plans to increase their mobility and/or function following injury, illness, or surgery.

Criteria

• Must be comfortable with bodily fluids
• Be interested in studying Physiotherapy at university or completing a degree apprenticeship
• 5 x GCSEs (9-4/A-C) including English Language, Maths and at least one Science
• Have already obtained or on track for 2 or 3 x A levels (or equivalent), including a biological science and/or PE

Availability:

• Several placements available at Maidstone or Tunbridge Wells throughout June and July

You will observe Occupational Therapists assess patients’ independence and ability to conduct everyday tasks on this two-day placement. Working with the Discharge Team, you will assess whether the patient has the appropriate equipment in place to be discharged to live independently.

This placement will provide a good overview of Occupational Therapy specialities including Ortho, Stroke, ICU, Acute Services and Neuro.

Criteria:

• Patient individual who is a good communicator
• Minimum five GCSEs, Grade 9-4 (A* – C) including Science
• Be studying towards or already achieved two or three A-Levels

Availability

• Several placements available in July

Spend two days with the speech and language teams, assessing patients’ communication and swallow. You will attend team meetings and debriefs. If you have a particular interest in being placed on a stroke ward, please state in your application.

Criteria

• Good communicator
• 5 x GCSEs, grades 9-4 or A-C, including English Language, Maths and Science
• Be on track to achieving or have already obtained 2 or 3 A-Levels

Availability

• Several placements available at Maidstone or Tunbridge Wells throughout June and July

Spend one day with the dietetic team where you will observe the team assess, diagnose, and treat nutritional and dietary problems. You will attend team meetings, observe staff completing nutrition updates before the ward rounds, and observe the creation of community referral plans before the patient is discharged.

Criteria

• 5 x GCSE (9-4/A-C), including Maths, English and Science
• Considering studying the subject at university or as a degree apprenticeship
• To study Dietetics, you must be on track for AAA or equivalent at A Level

Availability

• Several placements available at Maidstone or Tunbridge Wells throughout June and July

This five-day placement will involve shadowing staff in undertaking daily tasks such as dispensing, accuracy checking, medicines management in a ward setting with pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and clinical pharmacy assistants, pharmacy stores, pharmacy distribution services, pharmacy automation such as pharmacy dispensing robot and Omnicell stock cabinets.

Criteria

• Minimum fives GCSEs Grade 9-4 (A*- C)
• Be passionate about the subject and consider studying the subject at University or as an apprenticeship

Availability

• Once placement available per week at each hospital (Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells) throughout July

This two-day placement in Oncology pharmacy involves the same tasks as the Pharmacy placement, however will be more specifically involved in the treatment of cancer.

Criteria

• Minimum fives GCSEs Grade 9-4 (A*- C)
• Be passionate about the subject and considering studying the subject at university or as an apprenticeship

Availability

• Two placements available during the Easter holidays
• One placement available per week throughout June

This five-day placement will involve shadowing a midwife to understand the role and wide scope a midwifery practice – this may include community, birth centres and acute hospital care

Criteria

• GCSE Grade 4 (C) and above in Maths and English
• Be passionate about the subject and considering studying the subject at University or as a degree apprenticeship. Please note that Midwifery is a competitive degree course with high expectations of academic grades.
• Comfortable with exposure to bodily fluids and sensitive information

Availability

• Four placements available during the Easter holidays
• Several placements available in June, July and August

This five-day placement will involve shadowing a range of disciplines in Medical Physics. This includes Nuclear Medicine, Radiation Physics, Radiation Engineering, Computer Sciences and Radiotherapy Physics. Please note that under 18s will be more limited in terms of exposure to radiation within Radiation Physics.

Criteria

• Demonstrate a keen interest in Physics and Medical Physics as a career
• Achieved or working towards an A Level in Physics

Availability:

• Several placements on offer during June and July

You’ll get the opportunity to shadow our clinical research professionals observing the hands-on delivery of clinical trials in areas such as: Maternity, Gastroenterology, Stroke, Trauma & Orthopaedics, as well spending time with our Research Finance and Governance team, learning about the processes and regulations that ensure our research is safe, legal, and ethical.

You will attend team meetings, observe staff consenting patients and performing trial procedures (where appropriate), and participate in research administration and engagement activities such as archiving study documents and producing promotional materials.

If you are interested in a particular area of clinical research, please state this in the application.

Criteria:

• Age 18 and over
• Minimum five GCSEs Grade 9-4 (A*-C) including Maths, English and Science

Availability:

• One placement available over the Easter holidays
• Two placements available over July and August (one clinical placement and one non-clinical)

Spend three days shadowing the Communications team. You will learn more about their roles, see how they respond to media enquiries, draft copy for their communication channels, including digital newsletters and social media. You may also observe planning meetings with different departments, and may potentially go around the hospital following up on staff stories, capturing photos and videos.

Criteria:

• Interest in writing, journalism, social media, video and photography

Availability

• Two placements available during the summer

This department is offering a five-day placement involving our Clinical Software System team. This placement will involve working with various teams.

Placement outline

• One day will be spent with the Sunrise Business Change Team, involved with stakeholder meetings to capture the changes that are required, writing a functional specification document, validating changes within the system and/or supporting troubleshooting.
• One day will be spent with the Sunrise Configuration team, translating the functional specification paper document from the Business Change team into a design using software provide to us.
• One day will be spent with the Clinical Systems Testing Team, this will involve going through testing scripts and testing out new functionality.
• Two days will be spent with the Clinical System Management team, going through all the clinical systems that are supported, preparing computer log in packs for staff, learning about the IT helpdesk and how we support users with a range of issues with password resets. There will also be an opportunity to join the Information Technology (IT) team for half a day to learn about the infrastructure our clinical systems rely on.

Availability

• One placement available during the Easter holidays
• Three placements available throughout July and August

The IT department is offering a three-day placement. This placement will involve working with various teams and shadowing members who work with systems, networks, desktop, devices service desk and IT projects.

Placement outline

• You will spend your placement at either the Tunbridge Wells or Maidstone site where you will observe the desktop team to support with a range of IT issues which may occur in various departments.
• For those interested in cyber security or our systems and servers, you will be based within our Maidstone office.

Availability

• Several placements available throughout June and July

This five-day placement will involve spending some time within the Purchase Ledger, Sales Ledger and Cash, Capital and Charitable Funds teams.

Depending on your interests, you may even be able to spend time with costing, income and financial management teams.

Criteria

• Interest in Finance

Availability

• Several placements available throughout June and July

The Learning and Development department are offering a four to five-day placement. This will involve working with the Libraries, Learning, Systems and Compliance, and Career Development teams.

This placement may also involve an insight into other teams within HR such as the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion team.

Criteria

• Interest in HR and Learning and Development

Availability

• Several placements available every week throughout June and July

You will spend three-five days with the Clinical Coding team where you will spend time translating clinical information into both ICD-10 and OPCS-4 codes. You will discover the vital role this plays in financing and supporting the NHS.

If you are interested in healthcare but unsure about direct patient care, then this could be an interesting opportunity for you. You will learn how clinical coding fits into the workings of an acute hospital trust and the important function it has.

You will be shadowing clinical coding analysts and you will have an opportunity to test your skills, having a go at clinical coding yourself. You will be learning how to transform clinical information into coded data which is a highly specialist skill. We will introduce you to the tools we use to do this.

You will see roles within the Clinical Coding Teams, including: coding Support Officers, clinical coders, and/ or clinical trainers and auditors.

Criteria:

• Demonstrate a keen interest in Biology, in particular Anatomy and Physiology
• Minimum five GCSEs (or studying towards) Grade 9-4 including English Language, Maths and at least one Science.

Availability:

• One placement available in the Easter holidays
• One placement available in the summer months