If you are interested in carrying out a work experience placement at our hospitals, you will need to first arrange it with the relevant department you would like to spend your placement working in. Please note that the option to offer you a placement is dependent on a number of factors relevant to each specific department. A placement with us is not guaranteed.
For contact details for your chosen department, please call the switchboard on 020 7352 8121 and ask to be put through.
Once your work experience placement has been confirmed you will be sent the relevant documents. These will include (but are not limited to):
- work experience request form – filled out by the student, parent/guardian and the sponsor
- parental authorisation form – filled out by the parent/guardian
- diversity monitoring form – filled out by the student
- immunisation status confirmation form – filled out by the student
- work experience planned activity form – filled out by the sponsor
- risk assessment (young people) – filled out by the sponsor
- risk assessment form – filled out by the sponsor
The heart division covers the following departments at Harefield Hospital:
Anaesthesia
- adult intensive care unit (AICU)
- biomedical engineering
Surgery
- adult surgical unit (Cedar and Maple wards)
- high dependency unit
- perfusion
- surgery management
- theatre services
Cardiology
- wards: Acorn and Oak
- cardiac rehabilitation
- cardiology management
- catheter lab nursing
- chest pain clinic
- lipoprotein apheresis
- medical care unit
Transplant
- coordinators
- dental and nursing staff
- immunology
- tissue typing
- transplant management
- transplant outpatients
- transplant unit
- transplant and ventricular assist device specialist nurses
Imaging
- nuclear medicine
- radiology medicine
The heart division covers the following departments at Royal Brompton Hospital:
Anaesthesia
- adult intensive care unit (ICU)
- anaesthetics management
- pain control
- theatre recovery nursing
Paediatric
- management
- respiratory
- support staff
- paediatric ICU (PICU)
- paediatric outpatients
- ward: Rose
Cardiology
- cardiac specialist nurses
- cardiology
- cardiology imaging
- cardiology management
- catheter lab nursing/angioplasty
- echocardiography department
- heart function
- nurse learners (cardiology)
- wards: Paul Wood and York
Surgery
- wards: Alexandra, and Elizabeth
- high dependency unit (HDU)
- perfusion
- surgery management
- theatre services
Imaging
- magnetic resonance
- nuclear medicine
- radiology
The lung division is a cross-site service that covers the following departments:
Lung
- cystic fibrosis
- wards: Foulis, Lind, and Victoria
- home venthilation
- lung function
- sleep and ventilation (adults)
- respiratory management
- lung medical secretariat and administration
- thoracic surgery
- cancer network
Medical records (both hospitals)
Outpatients services (Royal Brompton Hospital only)
Pharmacy (both hospitals)
Rehab and therapy services
- dietetics
- management clinical support
- occupational therapy
- patient and family support
- physiotherapy
- psychosocial services
- palliative care
- support and therapies
Corporate and clinical services HR is a cross-site service that covers the following departments:
Research
- research office
Chief executive
- IT (information technology)
- public relations and marketing
- clinical coding
- corporate and legal
Estates and facilities
- transport
- site services
- maintenance and works management
- hotel services management
- accommodation
- catering services
- portering and security
- post room
Governance and quality
- fundraising
- trust funds
- Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals' charity
- clinical audit and information
- clinical governance management
- commissioning and service development
- infection control
- Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS)
- patient and quality involvement
- performance
- risk management
Nursing directorate
- nurse education
- nurse learners (nursing)
- nurse practice development
- nursing research
- resuscitation
- Clinical Skills and Simulation Centre (CSSC)
- STaR Centre
Human resources
- HR
- learning and development
- payroll
- occupational health
Laboratory medicine
- biomedical engineering
- clinical biochemistry
- haematology
- histopathology
- management Cls
- microbiology
- phlebotomy
- homograft
- management lab medicine
- immunology
- tissue typing