Welcome to the Physiotherapy Programme site.

Physiotherapy handbooks:

• Physiotherapy Placement Handbook
• Practice Assessment Document Level 5
• Practice Assessment Document Level 6

Becoming a placement provider gives you the opportunity to work in partnership with Health Education England (HEE) and the University. You'll help to develop a skilled, effective workforce to meet the health needs of the region, now and in the future. At the University of Wolverhampton we support a range of students including Nursing (Adult/Child/Mental Health and Learning Disabilities) Midwifery, Paramedic Science, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy (pending approval 2020/2021).

Step one

After you express an interest in hosting placements, you can to do this by emailing our External Partnerships Team FEHWexternalpartnerships@wlv.ac.uk, you will be contacted by a Practice Placement Lead.

Please complete this Placement Request Form (Word doc 250k) which will help us to discuss your request.

Step two

An initial visit will be made by your Practice Placement lead to discuss placements further and a profile will be completed of your placement area.

The PPL will help you identify supported needed to host students in line with NMC/HCPC requirements. The University of Wolverhampton can support development of these roles.

Step three

You will be sent a Practice Placement Agreement our external partnerships team. This needs to be signed and returned to that team.

Step four

Your placement setting(s) will be quality audited by the placement team. This covers elements such as student support and assessment, learning and teaching opportunities, and CQC ratings.

Step five

You will then be allocated your first students.