Work experience

Work Experience

We are excited to launch the MYTT Work Experience Programme 2025!

A Work experience placement is a fantastic way to gain insight into careers in the NHS. There are so many different roles in the NHS which contribute to our care for patients. Some jobs are clinical, which means directly related to patients and their treatment - such as nursing or physiotherapy - and some are non-clinical, such as communications, IT services or office work. MYTT offers work experience placements in both settings.

Work experience can also be a valuable way of gaining experience of working in a team and developing skills useful for further study and work, for example communication and organisational skills.

If you are interested in a placement at Mid Yorks, read the information on this page, and the Guide for Work Experience Applicants.docx and then apply using the link on the tab 'how to apply' before the closing date of Friday 31 January 2025.

Information about Careers in the NHS

Below you will find links to some useful websites for people exploring careers in the NHS.

Working in Health website: Health Careers

Step into the NHS website: Step into the NHS | help young people discover NHS careers

MYTT guide, Path to Becoming a Doctor: Path to Becoming a Doctor.pdf [pdf]

2025 placements weeks

A Work Experience placement with the Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust is for one week.

The Trust’s Work Experience programme for 2025 will offer placements during the following weeks:

w/c 7^th April (Easter school/college holiday)

w/c 16^th June

w/c 23^rd June

w/c 30^th June

w/c 7^th July

w/c 14^th July

w/c 21^st July

w/c 27^th October (October half-term holiday)

What you need to know before you apply

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust is based around 3 hospitals, Dewsbury District Hospital, Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield and Pontefract Hospital. Work experience placements could be based at any one of these hospitals, depending on where departments are mainly based. Students can use the Trust’s free 113 bus service to move between the three sites.

Please note:

You must be aged between 15 and 19. Students aged 15 year olds can only undertake placements in non-clinical areas.
You must attend school/college in the Wakefield Council or North Kirklees areas and/or reside in the Wakefield Metropolitan or North Kirklees areas and/or have a family member who works for the Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust and/or be a Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust volunteer.
You must be able to provide evidence of MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) vaccinations.

If you cannot meet these criteria we unfortunately cannot offer you a placement with Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust.

Available placement settings

Placements are available across the Trust in a variety of specialisms and departments, both clinical and non-clinical. Please see the Guide for Work Experience Applicants.doc for further information.

During each placement students will spend two days on personal development, exploring NHS careers and receiving support for college and university applications. Students will spend three days shadowing Trust staff.

You can request a specific area of interest and we will do our best to match you.

Occupational health

All students wishing to participate in a work experience placement with the Trust must complete a pre-placement Occupational Health questionnaire. This is processed by the Trust's Occupational Health Department. They may contact you if further information is required or if specific support needs to be put in place. This is to protect both students and our vulnerable patient groups.

You will be required to provide evidence of your MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) vaccinations as part of this process. Clearance from the Occupational health Department is required for a placement to go ahead.

How to apply

Work experience at our Trust is very popular and demand unfortunately outweighs the number of placements which we can offer. Each year we try to accommodate as many students as possible but we have to go through a selection process to allocate placements.

We have prepared a 'Guide for Work Experience Applicants' to help you with your application, including top tips on what to include.

We read every single application very carefully during the selection process – what you write really matters! The guide also gives you ideas about where you can do your placement.

View a copy of the guide here: Guide for Work Experience Applicants.docx

To apply for a placement, follow this link: 2025 MYTT Work Experience Application

The closing date for applications is Friday 31 January 2025.