Associate Practitioner Review
by NHS
Rating
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Skills
3.5
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
3.0
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Culture
2.8
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Your Impressions
2.7
- 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
Analysing samples such as blood, CSF and faeces. Delivering patient results via email or over the phone. Ensuring tests were run and locating missing or problem samples.
Skills
I’ve learned to use labratory automation, to troubleshoot collaboratively and individually, and time management.
Responsibilities
I was stationed on my own after sufficient training, in charge of ensuring patient samples were analysed correctly and that results were obtained.
Support & Guidance
Lots of training and assurance of who I could go to for advice.
Culture
Very friendly environment with people willing to discuss their career paths and give advice when asked.
Your Impressions
I enjoyed being in a role where responsibility over patients was involved, it made me believe I was helping people by ensuring fast delivery of patient results.
No
Be aware that the days can get monotonous and that a lot of the analysis isn’t manual, it’s automated. Despite that you can still learn about science and how tests are done and what they mean.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Science
East of England
October 2023
