What are placements?
A placement is real, hands-on work experience gained within a real working environment that complements and supports the student’s course and qualifications to provide mutual benefit to both the employer and the student. Placements can lead to careers; practices can decide to offer a student a role at the end of their studies and final placement. This is a time to give students a feel for the workplace and help them along into their full time NHS career.
Please note that placements can vary in length depending on the student’s year of study, skills, and course. They usually vary from 4-12 weeks.
What are placement Tariffs?
There is a placement tariff for each placement, not all being the same. This is a one-off payment to your practice (the placement provider) once the placement is completed. This payment is to acknowledge the staff time taken to supervise and assess the student.
For each type of placement, the tariff amount is set and provided by Health Education England. At HED we are responsible for contacting HEIs and finding out the tariff for each placement type.
Some more tariff amounts…
|
Course
|
Tariff |
Universities |
Supervisor/ Training requirements |
|
Nursing |
£122.55 |
University Of - Derby/ Nottingham/ Sheffield |
SSSA |
|
Direct Entry Nursing Associates (not apprentices) |
£122.55 |
University Of - Derby/Sheffield |
SSSA |
|
Physician Associate |
£12.77 per hour / £510 per week |
De Montfort University /Sheffield Hallam University University Of Sheffield /Manchester |
GP Trainer or 3+years exp PA |
|
Paramedic |
TBC - approx £100 per week |
Sheffield Hallam University University Of Wolverhampton/ Lincoln |
Paramedic / FCP |
|
Occupational Therapy |
£80-£100 per week |
University Of - Derby/Nottingham Sheffield Hallam University |
OT / FCP |
|
Physiotherapy |
£100.75 per week |
Sheffield Hallam University University Of - Nottingham /Leicester |
Physio / FCP |
|
Mpharm |
£50 per day |
University Of Nottingham /De Montfort University |
Clinical pharmacist / GP |
|
Dietitian |
Approx £80 per week |
University Of Nottingham |
TBC |
*Please be aware that all funding information is subject to change, to make sure you have the correct information before taking a student contact us at generalpracticeplacements@healtheducationderbyshire.co.uk
At Health Education Derbyshire, we are currently working to create a placement portal. This will be an online platform that you will be able to log into, offer your support for placements, get any updated information on placements that you need and also file your SSSA trained staff. Our portal will hopefully help you and your team keep track of placements easily and allow you to choose for yourself without large email trails.
Let us know what you think or if you have any questions by emailing charlie.knight@healtheducationderbyshire.co.uk