Clinical Placements (from University)

We provide clinical placements for pre-registration students, studying at the University of Brighton in nursing and physiotherapy.We also offer 2-day training days, 3 times a year for medical students from the Brighton and Sussex Medical School, who come to us to study palliative care.

Work Experience Placements (from Schools and Colleges)

We also offer placements to students in schools and colleges studying Health and Social Care Courses. These can be one day a week over several weeks, or a block placement week. Placement opportunities are described below in various departments.

Day Therapy, Complementary Therapy and Physiotherapy

The tasks could be varied from administrative and organisational tasks to patient engagement and interaction:

• Attend morning admissions meeting
• Attend clinical meetings
• Participate in creative arts sessions
• Engage with patient’s on a one to one basis to improve communication skills
• Participate in reminiscence
• Attend breathing clinic
• Observe complementary therapies
• Help to serve tea/coffee/meals
• Observe and participate in group activities
• Accompany nurse on minibus while transferring patients
• Spend day at satellite unit in Uckfield

Hospice at Home

Activities with Hospice at Home team:

• Attend morning admissions meeting
• Attend clinical meetings
• Accompany Hospice at Home nurses caring for patients in their own homes
• Accompany nurses on support visits in Eastbourne & Uckfield areas to compare differences between town and a more rural community
• Attend Carer’s Group
• Attend Gold Standard framework meeting in GP’s surgery

In-patient Unit

Activities a work experience student (supervised by a mentor) participates in:

• Observe hand over’s between different health care professionals
• Assist in handing out meals and drinks to patients
• Assist in feeding patients, where appropriate
• Attend weekly clinical meetings
• Observe basic skills being done (temperatures, blood pressure, pulses, blood sugars and respirations)
• Administrative tasks

Fundraising

There are other work experience opportunities with our Income Generation and Community Engagement departments.

For more information:

Tel: 01323 644500     Email: hospice@stwhospice.org