Work Experience

Applications for work experience placements in clinical or medical areas will not be accepted until further notice.

Please do not contact departments or staff members directly if you wish to do work experience with them, all applications MUST come through the HR Operations team.

Work experience placements are usually offered to students of school and college age who live within our catchment area and who have an interest in working for the NHS, or its professions. The minimum age is usually 16 years at the time of placement. Students in school years 10 or 11 will be considered for work experience particularly in non-clinical areas.

To find out more about our work experience placements, you can contact HR Operations on 01753 634340, or email hr.operations@hwph-tr.nhs.uk.

Sixth form Work Observer Programme (Doctor Shadowing)

We regret that our quota for 2012 is now full. We have a large numbers of applications from students and we are unable to accommodate more students at this moment in time.
Applications for work experience placements in clinical or medical areas will not be accepted until further notice.

Sixth Form Students Only

The work observer programme offered by the Medical & Dental Education Department, is open to students over the age of 16 who are studying A-Levels and have applied to medical school. The observer programme is held over three consecutive days. There will be an opportunity to shadow a Foundation Year 1 trainee in either medicine or surgery; in addition to observing clinical work in a number of specialties.

The observer programme is primarily located at Wexham Park Hospital (Slough), however, placements may also be allocated at Heatherwood Hospital (Ascot), King Edward VII Hospital (Windsor) or St Mark’s Hospital (Maidenhead). Students are required to make their own travel arrangements.

The programme is offered from mid-February to July and from October to November.

Places are limited and consequently oversubscribed. Priority is given to students who live in or attend a school within our catchment area.

If you are interested in applying, please send your current CV along with a cover letter and a reference letter from the head of 6th form from your school to the below address:

Work Observer Programme Coordinator
John Lister Post Graduate Medical Centre
Wexham Park Hospital
Slough
SL2 4HL