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If you’re a school student who is looking for more information about a range of health careers, you may like to consider a pathway towards working in one of South Australia’s amazing regional areas. Two easy ways to try out this idea is to arrange for a regional health speaker to come to your regional school, and/or to engage in some work experience.

Regional health visits or immersion days

Have your school host a visit by members of a regional local health network or organise a health career immersion day at one of your local health sites. This is a great way of learning more about a career in health. Secondary School Work Experience Coordinators can contact their local regional health site for information and ask for the People and Culture Team.

Students are the future of the regional health workforce. Our regional local health networks are proud to support secondary students with opportunities, insights and experiences to help turn their interest in health into a career.

Work experience

Gaining some work experience in high school and university is a great way for you to decide what type of career you may or may not want. It also offers the opportunity to make useful contacts in the Health industry. 

What is work experience?

Work experience is typically unpaid work to see if you like a particular job, and gain skills and experience to make you a more appealing candidate to potential employers when you start looking for a job.

Why do it?

You can:

  • Get insight into what it's like to work and what's expected of you in the workplace
  • find out if you really like a job before committing to it
  • gain on-the-job experience and skills
  • get a foot in the door with an employer you want work with
  • find out more about yourself - whether you like working with people or alone, if you prefer  hands on work, or if you like helping people etc.

How to get a work experience placement

  • Ask your family and friends if they know any health professionals that you can speak to
  • talk with your careers counsellor and teachers about what you're interested in and see if they can help, or know someone in the workforce that you can talk to
  • directly contact employers (find out which Health services operate in your area)
  • search the web for work experience opportunities
  • volunteer with a community or charity organisation in your local neighbourhood to find out if you like helping and working with people.
  • consider the online work experience opportunities below.

Allied Health

Online work experience

Get a feel for allied health careers through the ‘Virtual Intern’ allied health online work experience.

You can register for free to access work experience modules tailored to a variety of allied health careers. You will undergo work experience online with vocational tasks and participation in clinical challenges in an easy, step by step process.

When you complete all four work experience modules, you will be provided with study pathway options into allied health careers.

The allied health online work experience:

  • is available to all students (no application or interview required)
  • focuses on learning rather than correct answers so the projects and challenges are risk-free
  • can be completed in your own time, from anywhere.

What are you waiting for? Dive in and see where a career in allied health can take you.

Nursing and Midwifery online work experience

Explore nursing and midwifery careers and learn from real health professionals through the Virtual Intern’ Nursing and Midwifery Online Work Immersion Program.

This program was developed in partnership with SA Health’s Rural Support Service and designed to complement classroom learning, giving students a clearer view of nursing and midwifery careers across regional South Australia (SA).

The nursing and midwifery online work immersion program is:

  • free and self-paced
  • available to any student with internet access, with no application or interview required
  • tailored for Year 9–11 students (aligned to age and stage)
  • interactive with project-based activities, designed by nursing and midwifery experts from regional Local Health Networks
  • designed to expose students to both Vocational Education and Training (VET) and university pathway options
  • focussed on regional and rural healthcare contexts
  • inclusive of sample projects that prompt students to reflect on their learning and explore real-world scenarios

Once complete, students will receive a digital badge to include with their resumes.

Further information

Please contact the People and Culture Team within your regional Local Health Network: