Nursing Apprentice

Do you want to become a registered Nurse?

Are you a Nursing Associate, Assistant Practitioner or healthcare worker with a foundation degree or other health related degree?

We are offering at an exciting opportunity to develop your career and become a Registered Nurse by undertaking an 18 month Adult Nursing Apprenticeship delivered at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals in partnership with Northumbria University.

Information sessions are available through virtual platforms on the following dates:

15th March 2022 – 4.30-5.30pm

23rd March 2022 – 5.30-6.30pm

29th March 2022 – 12.00-1.00pm

20th April 2022 – 5.30-6.30pm

please book onto a session by emailing [email protected]

Main duties of the job

During this training programme, you will be a full time student undertaking degree level studies alongside a range of placements within the Trust. This course has been designed to enhance your clinical skills and knowledge already gained in your current role as an Assistant Practitioner or Nursing Associate and enables you to follow a work-based curriculum to become a Registered Nurse.

This course will equip you with skills and support your long-term career aspirations of working as a Registered Nurse in the NHS. The course is constructed using a work-based model of 2 days a week in theory and 3 days practice placement. Your 37.5 hours a week involves allocated time for placement, theory and study throughout the 18 month programme. Significant use of technology will also be utilised to allow you to learn flexibly and you will be supported throughout the programme by personal tutors, lecturers, academic assessors and practice supervisors.

Working for our organisation

This is an apprenticeship you will not be required to pay any tuition fees and you will receive a training salary for the length of the programme. Salary for year 1 of the programme is at £4.81 per hour and the last 6 months of this programme is £9.50 per hour (Salaries correct for April 2022 financial year). Please ensure you are able to commit to this training programme and the salary changes for the duration of the course.

This is a full time course requiring 37.5 hours commitment per week; part time hours cannot be accommodated. Annual leave for the duration of the programme is pre-set and cannot be taken at any other time. You will be required to work across the full 24/7 clinical shift pattern during this programme. Please state on your application your individual Maths and English qualifications as these are a requirement of the post and your application will not be shortlisted without this.

Nursing Apprentice

Apprenticeship

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Entry criteria to the programme (one of the following):

• Nursing Associate Foundation Degree
• Assistant Practitioner/ Health & Social Care level 5 foundation degree
• A degree in a Health or Science related subject

Also (one of the following)

• GCSE Maths and English Grade C/level 4
• Functional skills level 2 Maths and English

And

• Recent 18 months minimum experience in healthcare at Nursing Associate, Assistant Practitioner or Healthcare worker level at time of application

Please note if any of these are missing from the application you will not be shortlisted for this role.

The apprenticeship requirements also include current right to remain in the UK.

Main Responsibilities

• Contributes to ongoing assessment of patients to ensure care plans are up to date, relevant and meets Activities of Daily Living, presenting condition and risk assessment needs under supervision.
• Consistently performs nursing care and clinical skills to a high quality standard under supervision.
• Demonstrates compassion by recognising and responding to individual needs
• Proactively engages with patients, relatives and carers to seek their views, gain agreement and to keep them informed about their treatment and care
• All concerns, where unable to provide appropriate intervention, escalated in a timely manner
• Receives positive feedback from service users and colleagues
• Deliver appropriate activities and stimulation to promote well-being and recovery, in particular when providing enhanced care for patients.
• Contributes to ongoing assessment of patients to ensure care plans are up to date, relevant and meets Activities of Daily Living, presenting condition and risk assessment needs under supervision.
• Consistently performs nursing care and clinical skills to a high quality standard under supervision.
• Demonstrates compassion by recognising and responding to individual needs
• Proactively engages with patients, relatives and carers to seek their views, gain agreement and to keep them informed about their treatment and care
• All concerns, where unable to provide appropriate intervention, escalated in a timely manner
• Receives positive feedback from service users and colleagues
• Deliver appropriate activities and stimulation to promote well-being and recovery, in particular when providing enhanced care for patients.
• Work is prioritised appropriately and time is managed effectively
• Delegation of work is realistic, achievable and appropriate
• Communicates effectively with all colleagues and staff members
• Seeks support and appropriate supervision
• Support and supervise peers where appropriate
• All patient based risk assessments are carried out as directed and in line with Trust policy and timescales
• Ensure appropriate actions taken to minimise risk at all times
• Remains up to date with training in ANTT & BLS
• Follows agreed moving and handling procedures and training remains up updated
• Reports all accidents, incidents, near misses, faulty equipment or environmental issues immediately as per Trust Policy
• Undertakes medication management under supervision of registered nurse
• Works under the constraints of the NMC code of conduct
• Takes an active part in team meetings
• Can explain and discuss the ward performance board
• Recognises and reports when patients need to be placed on appropriate care pathways e.g. the Care of the Dying/ Sepsis Pathway as directed.
• Participates in audit and evaluation programmes
• Makes constructive suggestions on service improvement
• Challenges poor standards of care or inappropriate behaviour and raises and escalates concerns about the safety and wellbeing of patients
• Reflect on own experiences in order to analyse critically outcomes of care
• Communicates in a professional, effective and timely manner.
• Develops and maintains communication with staff and service users, in an appropriate, supportive and empathic manner

As you may know the Government passed legislation requiring vaccination as a condition of deployment which was due to come in from 1 April 2022. However on the 31 Jan 2022 the Secretary of State has announced that this is being reconsidered. Whilst we wait for further guidance, as a Trust we have made the decision to continue to gather vaccine status during our pre-employment stages should you be made an offer, no offer would be conditional upon you having a vaccine but we need to make you aware that if the decision is taken by the government to implement mandated Covid vaccines in the future then your employment may be at risk if you do not have these.

Vaccination against continues to be the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and, of course, your patients from the virus. NHS England and NHS Improvement have always been clear that staff have a professional duty to be vaccinated.

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential criteria

• One of the following qualifications:
• Nursing Associate
• Health and Social Care Foundation Degree level 5
• Degree in a Health related subject such as Health & Social care, Psychology and Human Biology.
• GCSEs Grade 4 -9 or A-C in Maths and English OR
• Functional Skills Level 2 in Maths and English (must have proof of qualification)

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

• Recent experience of working as an Assistant Practitioner or healthcare worker within an healthcare setting (minimum 18 months experience).
• Proven competency of assisting with a core range of physical measurements.