Student midwife 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
4.8
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Your Impressions
4.7
- 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
Working in the NHS means new things every day! On a generic basis it involves caring for women and their babies, whether that be during their pregnancy, labour or after birth. We can do all sorts of jobs from breast feeding support, phlebotomy, booking pregnancies and antenatal appointments, delivering babies and caring for labouring women and postnatal care.
Skills
I’ve learnt massive amounts of new skills! Everything in my placement is new to me! From documenting, communication techniques and teamwork, to phlebotomy, cannulation, delivering babies and emergency responses it is all so different and new!
Responsibilities
Yes. I’m my first year it was quite observational however now I am in my third year I am getting very hands on and tend to be providing most of the care, with the midwife there to support, oversea and help me where needed.
Support & Guidance
Lots! My placement have been amazing. All of the midwives are so caring and want you to do well. They’re brilliant!
Culture
The nhs is very short staffed, so we face lots of staffing problems. However, overall the atmosphere is very positive and supportive.
Your Impressions
I’ve loved my placement! It’s the best part of the degree!
Yes
Be aware that the nhs does have very poor staffing and faces a lot of challenges. It isn’t always a positive place to work but the job is so worth it! It is truly amazing and there’s no greater reward than helping bring babies into the world and caring for women during the time of vulnerability.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Medicine
London
October 2023
