Job summary
- Main area
- Apprentice Nursing Associate
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Fixed term: 2 years (Contract end date - 31-AUG-2026)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 824-HERTS-5156
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Watford BRE - Building 14
- Town
- Watford
- Salary
- £24,008 - £25,553 per annum, inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Apprentice Nursing Associate
Band 3
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
Job overview
CLCH Hertfordshire Adult Community Services - CLCH NHS Trust provides a range of Community Services, and the Hertfordshire Division is recruiting!
CLCH Academy have partnered with University of Hertfordshire to deliver this exciting two-year apprenticeship program. During the program you will gain a wide range of clinical skills in a variety of areas of nursing, while also undertaking a foundation degree. Successful completion leads to Nursing Associate registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Successfully interviewed candidates will have the opportunity to be placed in one of our CLCH District Nursing led teams.
Start date of the apprenticeship: September 2024
Interview dates: To follow on successful shortlisting
We have two posts available for the Sept 2024 intake, and for the right applicant are able to be flexible about the main base – Watford, Potters Bar, Harpenden, or Hemel Hempstead.
Main duties of the job
This is a developmental role. The apprentice will work towards progression into the post of Nursing Associate through successful completion of the Nursing Associate training programme which includes the attainment of a level 5 Foundation Degree equivalent qualification. They will develop and maintain knowledge, skills and competencies related to the role of Nursing Associate within the service and through completion of the Nursing Associate training programme which includes working in care settings and delivery of person-centred care.
The Nursing Associate training programme combines and integrates both academic and work-based learning through close collaboration between employers and education providers. An Apprentice Nursing Associate will be based, as an employee, in a particular organisation, in a specific setting, but will experience working in alternative settings in order that they gain a wide appreciation of many health and care contexts and are able to fulfil all the requirements of the programme.
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to job description, personal specification and trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- UK Maths and English level 2 or equivalent - This includes: functional skills level 2, GCSE grade 4 and above or equivalent. Any overseas qualifications will need to be accompanied by a UK NARIC statement of comparability https://www.naric.org.uk/naric/Individuals/Compare%20Qualifications/Statement%20of%20Comparability.aspx
Desirable criteria
- Healthcare support worker level 3
- Care certificate
Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to study a programme at academic level 5
- Individuals will need to demonstrate the appropriate values and attitudes for the programme in line with HEE’s value-based recruitment programme
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a clinical healthcare environment
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Louise Ayres
- Job title
- Head of Clinical Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07795 367951
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