Associate Practitioner Review
at NHS
Placement (10 Months+)
Science
Basingstoke
Review Submitted: October 2023
Overall Rating
3.1 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
4/5
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Overview of Role
3.5/5
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Skills Development
3/5
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Support and Guidance
2.8/5
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Company Culture
3/5
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Overall Experience
2/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
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.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was stationed on my own after sufficient training, in charge of ensuring patient samples were analysed correctly and that results were obtained.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
4/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
I’ve learned to use labratory automation, to troubleshoot collaboratively and individually, and time management.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
3/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
3/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
4/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
4/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Lots of training and assurance of who I could go to for advice.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
2/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
4/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Very friendly environment with people willing to discuss their career paths and give advice when asked.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
2/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
3/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
2/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
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.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
3/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
3/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at NHS
2/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend NHS to a friend?
No
What advice would you give to others applying to NHS
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.
