At St Catherine’s Hospice we offer a range of placements opportunities to enhance learning about death, dying, palliative care, and bereavement. We also offer younger students the opportunity to gain real-world experience in a variety of non-clinical roles through our work experience programme.
PROFESSIONAL PLACEMENTS
COUNSELLING PLACEMENTS
We have finished recruiting but please look back again in Spring 2027. Thank you for your interest.
OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
If you are interested in completing a placement in an area not mentioned above, please do complete our online application form. We can then explore whether we are able to support you to meet your objectives. These may include, but are not limited to:
- Trainee Ordinand
- Social Worker
- Physiotherapist
Regrettably, we are unable to offer Trainee Nurse Associate Placements.
I loved my placement at St Catherine’s and found the team to be so friendly and helpful. It was lovely to really feel like part of the team. It was an honour to see the kindness and care first hand shown by all staff. I didn’t know what to expect from the placement but actually I found the whole experience very positive and the hospice environment to be so friendly and warm. I wish I could have stayed longer! Imogen, Student Nurse
PROFESSIONAL PLACEMENT VISITS
We offer healthcare professionals the opportunity to shadow our team either on our Hospice Ward in Pease Pottage or within our Community Team working across West Sussex and East Surrey.
If you’d like to learn more about the work we do, we invite you to apply using our online application form.
Please note that spaces are limited, but we do our best to accommodate as many requests as possible.
Placement questions?
If you have any questions, contact learning@stch.org.uk
To apply for an ad-hoc placement with us, please follow this link to complete our online application form.
Work Experience
Are you a passionate, motivated, young person looking to gain valuable real-world experience? Join our dynamic team for a placement of interactive, meaningful work, supporting our diverse teams in the vital work they do at St Catherine’s.
Based at the hospice in Pease Pottage* or in one of our shops across West Sussex and East Surrey, our work experience placements offer students aged 14-18 in full or part-time education the chance to learn, grow and gain vital experience.
Our work experience placements will be arranged on a first come first serve basis, and will take place throughout June and July.
*Please note we are unable to offer work experience within teams that provide direct patient care.
