| Time Period | up to a maximum of 5 days |
|---|---|
| Application Open Date | 01/11/2023 |
| Application Close Date | 03/11/2025 |
| Age criteria | Age 14+ however placement types are limited for this age group . Age 16+ for general work experience but some services areas have age restrictions of 18+ |
| Location criteria | Applicants living in, studying in or working in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
| Application criteria further info | Some placement activities may require you to have attended a virtual online line session this will be specified in the activity details |
| Organisation Name | Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust |
| Organisation overview | We are an NHS community and mental health provider Trust. We deliver care to people at home or in a hospital to improve their physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia and a learning disability. Around 4,000 people make up the Trust. They include doctors, nurses, therapists, administrators, and support staff. We work in people’s homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from our 10 community hospitals. Our vision is underpinned by our strategic objectives. Great care People will be partners in local, joined-up services. These services will deliver individualised models of care through aligned physical and mental health teams. We will make the best use of our own and our partners’ skills to reduce our reliance on hospital beds. Clinical leaders from different sectors of care will work together to develop and implement a systemwide clinical strategy. Great organisation We will create a compassionate culture which inspires the delivery of excellent care through shared learning, innovation, improvement, inclusion, and co-production. This will be supported by a sustainable enabling infrastructure. We will adopt a can do approach and will not allow bureaucracy to get in the way of agile, risk-informed effective decision-making and action across our system. Great people Our culture will attract talent and people will love to work for us. We will embed our staff-led cultural improvement programme. The development and delivery of a long-term workforce plan will make the best use of local skills for the benefit of our system. Great partner We will work with our system partners so health and care services join up. This will help everyone to be healthier. We will develop an anticipatory care model approach so we can offer services more quickly. We will work collaboratively to improve the experience and outcomes for our patients. Our staff will be part of integrated teams. These objectives are supported by our care values which are: Compassion Happiness Ownership Integrity Connection Equity |
| Organisation Website | https://www.cornwallft.nhs.uk/ |
| Organisation Logo (optional) | 2760 |
| Location | Locations across Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
| Region(s) | Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
| Category | Virtual, Face to face, Hybrid |
Person Specification
Students age 14+ looking for work experience.
Those of any age looking for a career change to working in health and care
Work Experience Details
We are an NHS community and mental health provider Trust, delivering care to people at home or in a hospital to improve their physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia and a learning disability.
Around 4,000 people make up the Trust. They include doctors, nurses, therapists, administrators, and support staff. We work in people’s homes, in community clinics and bases across a wide range of locations and from our 10 community hospitals.
We offer a range of work experience opportunities for different age groups and career development opportunities.
Working with our local schools and colleges we support the provision of work experience weeks for Year 10 and 11 students, and for B-Tec students undertaking industry placements within health and care, and we also offer work experience to individuals who may be considering a career in health as well as placement opportunities for students in health professions.
We have an application process for our work experience opportunities which can be found here
Please note Students on health professional courses and on T-Levels who wish to undertake a placement within Cornwall will need to follow their University /college processes to request placements. The placements you require are part of your course and a work experience placements will not meet the course learning requirements.
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