Orthoptic Work Experience

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Dear Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS 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

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Dear Carly Hegarty

 

Thank you for your recent request for information under the Freedom of
Information (FOI) Act 2000.

 

We are now in a position to respond to your request.

 

Your request:

 

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?

 

Our response:

 

Under Section 1(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act, the Trust can
confirm that it does hold information relevant to your request and this
has been provided where possible below.

 

1.     a) The Trust does not specifically record or report on data
relevant to your request for the period Sept 2016 – Sept 2017. Since this
information is not held by the Trust, it is therefore not available under
The Act.

b) The Trust received no applications for specifically Orthoptic work
experience during the period Sept 2017 – Sept 2018. However, there was one
work experience student who did a week long placement in July 2018
consisting of 6 different allied health professional areas in one week
which included a one day placement in Orthoptics.

 

2.     N/A – Please refer to above answers.

 

3.     Students have to be over the age of 16 to observe in clinic.

 

4.     Work experience applicants do not require a DBS unless their
placement is longer than 2 weeks. The Trust offers up to a weeks’ work
experience on most occasions.

 

5.     Please see attached work experience agreement form and occupational
health questionnaire which applicants are required to complete.

 

6.     Yes, they are required to have a local induction.

 

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