Centralised Clinical Work Experience Programme

Job summary

Are you interested in an NHS career in either Nursing, Midwifery, Health Care Science or an Allied Health Professional role*?

An exciting opportunity is available for local residents to undertake a week-long work experience programme at The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust.

This programme is suitable for the following candidates:

• Have a desire to go into a Nursing, Midwifery, Health Care Science or an Allied Health Professional career in the NHS
• Live locally within Black Country
• Aged 16 and above
• Must be available to attend all days from 15th-19th June 2026.

The 'Centralised Clinical Work Experience Programme' offers you the chance to gain valuable insight intoNursing, Midwifery, Health Care Science and Allied Health Professional roleswithin the NHS.

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust is looking for individuals who are:

• Enthusiastic
• Self-motivated
• Caring and Respectful

Individuals will also be keen to learn and develop new skills, and willing to ask questions to gain the most from the experience.

Please note: This is an unpaid work experience placement lasting five days.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to take part in this work experience placement, please let us know when applying. This will help us tosupport you to have a positive and accessible experience.

Main duties of the job

The programme will start in the classroom where you will gain skills and knowledge about working as a health professional. You will learn about the variety of careers within Nursing, Midwifery, Healthcare Science and Allied Professional roles, before heading off to your allocated department for the last 3 days. You will be assigned a supervisor to support and encourage you whilst on your placement. On the last day of the placement, we will bring you back to the classroom for a debrief session.

The programme will give you:

• a chance to see a typical day on the job in a hospital environment.
• insight into a variety of healthcare roles.
• a safe & secure placement where you will be treated fairly and with respect.
• a chance to develop your key skills that can be applied in all care related jobs, e.g communication, taking initiative, showing compassion

The Programme will run for 5 days -15th-19th June 2026 (please note you must be available to attend all 5 days).

If you are accepted onto the programme your confirmed offer will be subject to the required pre-placement checks including a face-to-face ID check appointment.

To ensure everyone gets a fair chance, this opportunity is open to applicants who have not previously attended our work experience programme.

About us

It is important to include the following in the 'supporting information' section of your application:

• Your preference of a Nursing, Midwifery, Health Care Science or Allied Health Professional department placement. Please rank these in order of preference with 1 being your first choice

* AHP roles include:

1. Dietitian
2. Occupational therapists
3. Orthoptists
4. Physiotherapists
5. Podiatrists
6. Prosthetists and orthotists
7. Radiographers
8. Speech and language therapists
9. Operating Department Practitioners

We will do our best to accommodate the placement preferences you state in your application. However, please note that we cannot guarantee your preferred options. If no preference is provided, you will be automatically allocated a placement from the available options.

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as the advert may close early if we receive a high volume of applications.