Trainee biomedical scientist Review
by NHS
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
5.0
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at NHS
- 7. Would you recommend NHS to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to NHS
Overview
Processing patient samples, reading previous days Agar plates to look for significant bacterial growth. To perform antibiotic sensitivity testing and report results.
Skills
Many, how to process samples, booking in, using the LIMS system, how to safely handle samples. Learning processes and analysers. Reading bacteria morphology, understanding antibiotics.
Responsibilities
Yes, once confident I would be given responsibility for a job. A biomedical scientist would just watch over me and make sure I was competent.
Support & Guidance
I had a training officer in microbiology and an overall training lead. I would have weekly 1 to 1 meetings and weekly group tutorials. I also had a contact from the university I could use.
Culture
Supportive and friendly
Your Impressions
I really enjoyed my time at placement. I learned so much and got to meet lots of new people
Yes
Try to gain some lab experience before applying and apply for both temp and permanent positions
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Medicine
South East
October 2023
