Job of the week: Nurse associate apprentice role

March 2, 2020

Are you currently a Band 2 or Band 3 nursing assistant /clinical support worker looking for a challenge and an opportunity to develop and progress your career within healthcare? Do you have an energy for looking after patients? Do you have experience in caring for others?

The Nursing Associate role bridge’s the gap between a support worker and a Registered Nurse, providing an exciting and dynamic workforce for future healthcare.

The training is a minimum of 2 years and is a generic programme leading to a Foundation Degree Apprenticeship as a Nursing Associate. The University costs for the programme are fully funded. It is a training programme that combines both academic and work-based learning in the physical, psychological and public health aspects of care from pre-conception to end of life.

The programme is structured around a number of clinical placements which will include:

• Adult, Mental Health, Child and Learning Disability
• At home, close to home and within the hospital

Throughout the programme the Nurse Associate Apprenticewill be employed at a Band 3. This will rise to a Band 4 once NMC registration is achieved.. The academic aspect of the programme will be delivered by either Birmingham City University or University of Wolverhampton. Nurse Associate Apprentices will work clinically for 30 hours and attend University for 7.5 hours per week.

To apply for this role please click here.

For further information or an informal chat please contact zoetaylor1@nhs.net.

Note: The assessment/interview dates are provisionally planned for 16 or 17 March.