Work Experience

Work Experience

Bendigo Health is pleased to offer a range of Work Experience (WE) opportunities to Year 10 students in the Loddon Mallee region in 2025. Bendigo Health has partnered with Goldfields Local Learning and Employment Network (Goldfields LLEN), a Department of Education initiative who coordinate all placement requests for secondary school students. For more information, please see the ‘More information and important links’. To view current placement opportunities please visit the Department of Education’s School to Work, get in touch with the Goldfields LLEN or contact your school careers teacher/department directly. Please note: Bendigo Health is unable to answer queries relating to Work Experience placements, please see the More Information and Important Links tab below. Bendigo Health does not offer Structured Workplace Learning.

Opportunities offered

Aboriginal services

Students who obtain a three-day Aboriginal Services placement will observe employees in designated roles within Bendigo Health, including:

  • Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer (AHLO)
  • Maternity Aboriginal Engagement Officer
  • Engagement Officer

This placement is for students who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.

Allied Health (various disciplines)

Our Allied Health Work Experience program is being refreshed for 2026 — please continue to register your interest through your School Career Advisor/Educator, with full details coming soon.

Dietetics and Nutrition

Students who obtain a three-day placement will observe clinical staff within the following teams: Inpatients, Community Health, and Community Allied Health. Students will need a completed travel form to participate.

Information Technology

Students who obtain a three-day placement will observe Information and Communication Technology staff within the following teams: Architecture and Applications, Clinical Information Systems, and Loddon Mallee Health Networks and Shared Services.

Medical

Students who obtain a three-day medical placement will work under the direct supervision of healthcare professionals, observing staff including Anaesthetists, Interventional Nursing staff, Specialist Clinics staff, Recovery Nursing staff, and other medical professionals.

Medical Radiations

Students who obtain a five-day Medical Imaging placement will observe Medical Imaging Technologists, Nursing Staff, Radiologists, Nuclear Medicine Technologists, and Sonographers. Students will rotate through different modalities within the department, including CT Scanning, MRI, Ultrasound, and general X-Ray.

Nursing

Students who obtain a five-day nursing placement will observe nursing staff within various clinical units/departments, including:

  • Golden Oaks Nursing Home
  • Children’s Ward
  • Ward 4B – Orthopaedics
  • Ward 5C – Rehabilitation
  • Ward 4C – Rehabilitation

Students will need a completed travel form to participate.

Outpatient Nursing

Students who obtain a five-day placement will observe nursing and support staff within outpatient units, including:

  • CSD
  • Day of Surgery Admissions (DOSA)
  • Specialist Clinics
  • Cancer Clinics
  • Discharge Lounge

Students will also spend one placement day in the Central Sterilising Department (CSD).

Paediatric Nursing

Students who obtain a five-day placement will observe clinical staff in the following units: Women’s Ward and Birthing Suite, and the Children’s Ward.

Pharmacy

Students who obtain a one-day placement with Pharmacy will observe pharmaceutical professionals in a hospital setting, gaining insight into medication management, dispensing processes, and the vital role pharmacists play in patient care.

Public Health

Students who participate in a three-day placement with the Public Health Unit will observe public health professionals at work, gaining insight into community health initiatives, health promotion strategies, and programs that support the wellbeing of the local population.

Placements at Bendigo Health

More information and important links

All placements at Bendigo Health must be coordinated between school Careers Coordinators and the Goldfields LLEN.

Once a placement has been confirmed by the Goldfields LLEN and the school all of the relevant documentation e.g., Vaccination Certificates, signed Media, Confidentiality and Consent forms, and signed Placement Forms must be completed and submitted to the Goldfields LLEN two weeks before the placement start date.

If you would like more information or to discuss placement options, contact the Goldfields LLEN on 5441 1444 or email [email protected]

Please check current opportunities on the

School to Work Portal:

https://workplacements.education.vic.gov.au/search/

Goldfields LLEN: Goldfields LLEN (gllen.org.au)