Finance Assistant Review
at NHS
Placement (10 Months+)
Accounting
Coventry
Review Submitted: October 2024
Overall Rating
5 /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!
5/5
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
5/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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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.
My role included the financial management for specialties including cardiology, Haematolgy and Onclolgy. Ensuring monthly budget meetings with budget holders to discuss run rates and variances in expenditure compared to budget. Ensuring invoices are processed and signed for payment and ensuring invoices are raised where needed. To distribute the budget reports on a monthly basis to budget holders.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes, Supported my own specialties including Cardiology, Haematology and Oncology as departments I was responsible for looking after.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
5/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Communication and commercial awareness. How to communicate in a business environment and ensuring you are communicating clearly. Understanding of how money flows through the NHS starting from the tax we pay.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
5/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
5/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Excellent support was provided from day 1 to ensure I was equipped with everything I needed and also any questions I had during the year
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
5/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
5/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Brilliant. A very friendly, welcoming and relaxed work environment with a great adopted culture of always learning and mistakes are never permanent.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
5/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
5/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
5/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
Enjoyed it greatly. A very special experience which I hope to take with me to my studies and the world of finance
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at NHS
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend NHS to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to NHS
Go for it. Amazing opportunities arise at the NhS shadowing doctors and surgeons to watching surgeries. It’s more than numbers as there is a patient at the end of things.
