Get into Hospital Services

The “Get Into Hospital Services” programme provided in partnership with The Princes’ Trust is a four week programme offering people aged 18-30 years, who are unemployed or under-employed, the opportunity improve their employability skills and gain valuable work experience in various roles within a busy working hospital.

Programmes are currently offered in the following areas:

• Health Care
• Catering
• Administration
• Laboratories
• Warehousing
• Portering
• House Keeping
• Waste Management
  

Training sessions during the programme include:

• Communication
• Patient/Customer Care
• Employability – Application forms/Interview Skills/Mock Interview
• Health & Safety
• Moving & Handling – (Inanimate or patient dependent on role)
• Data Protection & Security
• Dementia Friends
• Patient Observations & Bed Making
  

Participants receive support from NHS Futures staff, their named buddy and a Princes Trust Executive throughout the programme. 

On completion of the programme, if participants gain a recommendation from their supervisor, they will be offered the opportunity to apply to join RWT Temporary Staffing Bank, allowing them to undertake paid work on a flexible working pattern.

They are also supported by The Princes Trust for six months following the programme to help them to move into a positive outcome such as applying for permanent roles or re-entering education.

If you are a young person aged 18 - 30 and would like more information please visit the Princes Trust website or call: 0800 842 842.