Orthoptic Work Experience
Dear Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
I have been seconded into a post funded by the Office for Students as part of the Strategic Interventions in Health Education Disciplines programme. My role is to explore barriers prospective Orthoptic students face when trying to secure a work experience/shadow placement in Orthoptic departments in England.
To understand current practices I would like to request the following information:
1. How many applications for Orthoptic work experience did your Trust receive in
a) Sept 2016 - Sept 2017
b) Sept 2017 - Sept 2018
2. How many applications resulted in a work experience placement?
3. What is the minimum age for work experience in Orthoptics?
4. Do applicants for work experience in Orthoptics require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check?
5. What paperwork are applicants required to complete?
6. Are applicants required to complete an induction?
Yours faithfully,
Carly Hegarty
Freedom of Information Act 2000 –Ref No: 18-614
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Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Kendrick Wing, Warrington Hospital, WA5 1QG
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Dear Sir/Madam
Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Ref No: 18-614
Response to request dated 22/11/2018 made under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000
Questions and Answers:
1. How many applications for Orthoptic work experience did your Trust
receive in
a) Sept 2016 - Sept 2017 The Trust received thirteen applications for a
placement in the Ophthalmology Department Sept 2016 – Sept 2017.
b) Sept 2017 - Sept 2018 The Trust received fifteen applications for a
placement in the Ophthalmology Department Sept 2017 – Sept 2018.
2. How many applications resulted in a work experience placement? All
requests for work experience in Ophthalmology for the period stated below
resulted in a placement.
3. What is the minimum age for work experience in Orthoptics? The minimum
age for a clinical placement is 17 years.
4. Do applicants for work experience in Orthoptics require a Disclosure
and Barring Service (DBS) check? A DBS is not required for work
experience.
5. What paperwork are applicants required to complete? An application
form, health questionnaire and written evidence of immunisations are the
forms required, the application form and the health questionnaire can be
found on the Trust’s website on the Internet.
6. Are applicants required to complete an induction? All applicants are
given a local Induction upon arrival in the department before they start
their placement.
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Freedom of Information Officer
Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Kendrick Wing, Warrington Hospital, WA5 1QG
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