Due to COVID-19, AHP student electives will not be able to commence at UHS until further notice. When the situation changes and we are able to accept elective students, you will be able to follow the process as detailed below. We will remove this message at that time.
At UHS, we offer placement opportunities to students across a variety of allied health professions, including
- dietitians
- orthoptists
- occupational therapists
- operating department practitioners
- paramedics
- physiotherapists
- podiatrists
- radiographers (diagnostic and therapeutic)
- speech and language therapists.
Professions that host allied health profession (AHP) students
Case study: dietetics
In Southampton, we have excellent facilities to support dietetic students. We currently provide 12 week clinical training programmes for up to six students a year at varying stages of their course, predominately from Surrey University.
We take one or two students at a time. All students are provided with a buddy during their placement to support them with any concerns they may have. All of our student trainers have completed appropriate courses to give them the necessary skills to support students through their placements.
Our student coordinator plans a well-structured, flexible programme tailored to the individual needs of the student. We are able to offer a wide variety of patient experience across both adults and children. Student dietitians will be able to work with inpatients and outpatients in a variety of settings. This will include working in Southampton General Hospital and community hospitals, delivering outpatient clinics and groups, and visits to nursing homes and patients' own homes.
Students will be given plenty of opportunities to work in specialist areas such as diabetes, cancer care, surgery, neurology, cardiology, home enteral nutrition, paediatrics, learning disabilities and medicine for older people. As well as undergraduate dietetic students, we also offer student open days twice a year for prospective dietetic students looking to find out more about becoming a dietitian.
For more information about placements within dietetics, you can email our dietetic student coordinator Lisa Szymanski at lisa.szymanski@uhs.nhs.uk.
If you would like to find out more about work experience at the Trust, please see our career experience pages.
Find out about other AHP departments and contacts via their clinical profiles below.
If you have any questions about AHP education, please contact Zoe Oram on Zoe.Oram@uhs.nhs.uk or Alison Day on Alison.Day@uhs.nhs.uk.
Elective student placements across AHP groups
Elective clinical placement experience may be available across the AHP groups for pre-registration students.
If you would like to know more about elective placements please contact the AHP education lead in the particular department you are interested in. The education lead may then ask for your student application and supporting information documents to be completed and returned. Please see the details below for the appropriate contact numbers.
Students applying for an elective placement who are outside the Wessex area will be required to complete an honorary contract unless UHS has a valid practice agreement with your university.
Contact details
Contact the lead for the specific AHP group you are interested in completing a placement with to check availability: