What is getting experience?

What is getting experience?
Getting experience is an opportunity for young people, those looking for a career change or those who are unemployed to gain experience in a workplace and learn about a role or organisation. It provides you with useful skills, experience and knowledge which can help you gain a job.
Our getting experience opportunities are open to all individuals thinking about a career in health and care and is available across all our employers. There are several placement areas, such as support services, nursing, medical, therapies, healthcare science, psychology, midwifery and so much more.
Our placement offers and opportunities change frequently so please check back regularly if you are looking for something specific or please use the contact form here if you would like a placement that we currently do not have listed.
We offer virtual and face-to-face sessions, depending on safeguarding, clinical environment, and work pressures. Our numbers are limited for our face-to-face offers and only available to Northamptonshire residents.
Getting experience directory

Getting experience directory
Here you will find our getting experience directory with the professions that we offer placements in. The offer will vary from face-to-face, virtually or event-based.
Allied health professional |
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Ambulance service |
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Dental |
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Doctors |
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Health informatics |
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Healthcare science |
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Healthcare support worker |
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Management |
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Medical associate professions |
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Midwifery |
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Nursing |
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Pharmacy |
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Psychological professions |
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Public health |
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Wider healthcare team |
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Social care |
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If a placement for a profession you are interested in isn’t listed, please contact us. We will always try to offer a placement where we can, but the health and care of our patients and the current work environment will always be considered first, we will however try to offer an alternative where we can.
If you’re interested in a role, but unsure which profession it sits within, please explore the 350 roles available.
Getting experience – where could it take you?

Getting experience – where could it take you…
You can use experience in many ways. It helps you gain confidence, dispels myths about a profession and gives you insight and experience into a career. This allows you to make an informed decision about your next or first steps.
Virtual experience - LearnLive

Learnlive
LearnLive is our virtual platform that has pre-recorded videos that can be used to support getting experience and is completely free for schools. You can access live and pre-recorded broadcasts at any time, plus there are other great ways to interact with us.
We are always adding to our library, so please check back.
Classroom takeover! Clinical Psychology |
Pre-recorded |
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Mental Health nursing in the NHS |
Pre-recorded |
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I want to be a Midwife |
Pre-recorded |
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Nursing and Midwifery |
Live broadcast |
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Allied Health Professions |
Live broadcast |
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Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy |
Live programme |
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Ambulance service |
Live programme |
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I’m a Medic – Get me out of here! |
Live programme |
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Spotlight on Social Care |
Live programme |
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We’re not just Doctors and Nurses! |
Live programme |
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Useful links

Useful links
We have pulled together some useful links for getting experience:
Patient journey to GP practice
This app gives new international GPs an immersive insight into how a GP practice in the UK operates from a patient’s perspective
Reflective diary for aspiring medics
Information for those who would like to know more information about becoming a medic.
Allied Health Professionals Virtual Reality
This link will put you in the room with many different clinicians through virtual reality.
A website full of information about those wishing to find out more about becoming a doctor.
Step into the NHS | help young people discover NHS careers
There are over 350 plus careers in the NHS, take a look a them all here.
Not sure what career you would like to do? Have a read through the guidance from 'what next?'
Click on the link above for advice on work experience in the NHS.
I want to be a medic!

I want to be a medic!
We offer some virtual opportunities for those considering a medical career, such as:
This course provides a 'virtual' experience for those looking to apply to medical school. You will be introduced to the NHS before exploring the roles and skill sets of six different medical specialists. Along the way, you will also consider some of the challenges and wider issues doctors face.
Observe GP - Interactive video platform
Is an alternative to getting experience for aspiring medics aged 16 and over, who are living in the UK. It is a free interactive video platform providing insights into the role of a GP and the wider primary care team.
Medic Mentor’s virtual experience programme is completely free and offered over a specific period so you can demonstrate a commitment to learning about life as a doctor or a dentist from the comfort of your own home. You will follow several patient journeys through primary, secondary, and tertiary care, using standardised patients, best clinical practice and use of environments that mirror the NHS working environments over a 6-month programme. You will receive certification of attendance upon successful completion of the programme. This will provide you with 42 hours of certified work experience.
You will follow a patient’s journey over a 4-month period as they go from diagnosis, to treatment and follow up, that is provided by qualified and practicing dentists here in the UK. This will provide you with 24 hours of valuable work experience and a certificate at the end.
FREE LIVE insight and UCAS Conferences
Students who register for the getting experience programme are also invited to attend our popular “Get into Medicine” conference absolutely free. This conference covers the A-Z of the application process and informs students on how they can stand out and make their application competitive.
Careers guide: allied health professionals

Careers guide: allied health professionals
Check out the videos which show allied health professional careers with a spotlight on some that you may never of heard of!