County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust recgnise that work experinece placements offer valuable opportunities that can encourage individuals to consider joining the NHS team.  Work experience enables students to develop a personal insight into the NHS working environment and should influence and increase the awareness that people have into the vast career choices open to them.

Obectives Of Work Experience

• To provide the student with an introduction to work habits and disciplines such as attendance requirements, working conditions and work place etiquette.
• Work experience provides students who want an insight into a specific role and encourage them to consider careers that they can pursue within healthcare and the supporting services.
• Such experience will assist with building their confidence in the working environment, developing vital skills and abilities, gaining knowledge of the wrok environment and, in particular, the health servcie environment.

Useful Websites

www.stepintothenhs.nhs.uk - This website has a very useful 'Map your Career' tool which, based on your preferences, will show you a number of careers in the Health sector that may be of interest to you. The site also has a lot of useful information to assist you in sourcing Work Experience and further careers advice.

www.nhscareers.nhs.uk - The information service for careers in the NHS in England. There are booklets and leaflets about specific sectors and roles in PDF form which can be downloaded directly from the website.