Work experience

Working towards Excellence

We actively encourage those who are interested in careers in the NHS to apply. We are keen to support individuals from the age of 16 wishing to obtain work experience across the Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust locality (to include Kingsbridge).

Whilst there are a large variety of opportunities available within our NHS Trust and we endeavour to process all applications as quickly as possible. Our first priority is to our patients or service users; therefore during periods of high demand there may be some delay between processing your application and securing the appropriate placement.

Please be aware placements are not guaranteed.

Work experience is on an observation only basis and therefore will be supervised at all times.

Criteria

Due to the high demand of applications we receive, we will only accept requests via either of the following methods:

Directly from one of the education providers within our Trust boundary area (to include Kingsbridge) – please contact your tutor to make the referral directly to us.
You are an adult (not in education) and you reside within our Trust boundary area (see map)
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Application forms must be read carefully and fully completed. Failure to do this may result in them being rejected. All forms must be returned to the Work Experience Team no later than 4 weeks prior to the placement.
To ensure fairness to all, only one work experience opportunity per person will be permitted per 12 months.

Adult applicants only: Photo ID (driving licence or passport etc) will be required at the time of receiving an ID badge.

Year 10 placements

Way Finder is the only option for students aged 14 to 16 years old. To apply you must follow the same process as 16+ students and be referred via your education providers (school). Due to the high demand for these placements we offer two spaces per school for their allocated work experience week.