Welcome to our interns
On 7 July students from Cardiff University, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Exeter University and Leeds University joined us for the summer. We are very pleased to welcome them to Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW).
The 7 students are based in departments across the organisation including allied health professionals (AHP) team, simulation team, finance, Welsh language, future workforce, healthcare science, placement experience and improvement team.
The 8-week internship programme will involve them working on a variety of projects including digital marketing, immersive technologies research and the healthcare science digital hub project to gain valuable experience and insights into working for NHS Wales.
Over the next few weeks our interns will be sharing their experiences in blogs and social posts. We look forward to hearing their perspectives.
This programme is extremely beneficial to talented undergraduates still in education or just completing their undergraduate programme by providing a bridge to a valuable employment experience. Opportunities to work within dynamic teams and being able to positively contribute to key projects across HEIW is a key attraction of this programme, coupled with the opportunity of a mentor to support the interns to apply their acquired knowledge and skills within a business environment.
The rewards to HEIW are also significant and include the attraction of talent, promotion of the organisation and NHS Wales as an employer of choice, and the benefit of up-to-date research, new models and fresh perspectives gained through the lens of our younger generation.
Amy Whitehead, Programme Support Manager leads the internship programme at HEIW and said, "we are delighted to provide this opportunity for our interns to gain insight into the rewarding and diverse career paths available within NHS Wales."
As a strategic workforce body, we are passionate about providing opportunities for work experience and career advice to the future workforce. We hope that their time spent at HEIW will encourage our interns to pursue a role within NHS Wales.