Examples of jobs you might do
The kind of things you can do and see on your work experience will depend on:
- the consent of any patient concerned
- the agreement of the member of staff responsible for the care of patients
- the findings of the risk assessment
Below are some examples of typical work experience activities that you might be able to undertake on a work experience placement.
- Assist with bed-making
- Chat to patients
- Help with menus
- Observe dressings being changed with the patient’s consent
- Observe a patient being discharged with the patient’s consent
- Observe a staff handover
- Attend a team meeting
- Speak to the ward clerk and ask what the job involves
- Help with answering the phone
- Organise patients’ meal choices
- Assist with the filing
- Input data onto a computer under supervision
- Discuss with the physiotherapist his or her particular role
- Observe the physiotherapist treating a patient with the patient’s consent
- Observe the physiotherapist discharging a patient with the patient’s consent
- Observe filling of reports and planning ongoing treatment
- See what equipment a physiotherapist uses and help keep it in order
- Discuss the requirements of the job
- Observe the process of preparation and serving of meals
- Help with cleaning up
- See safety procedures in action and ensure you always follow them
- Liaise with nurses and doctors where appropriate
- Attend a staff handover
- Ask the pharmacist about his or her role
- Help with stock checking
- Help with filling of prescriptions under close supervision
- Understand the strict rules governing medicines
- Learn about the different uses of medicines
- Read literature from pharmaceutical companies
You can also read other young people’s work experience stories. Perhaps after you have done your placement, you can tell us your story.
