Healthcare Support Worker Apprentice

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Exciting opportunities have arisen for Health Care Support Worker Level 2 Apprenticeship at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; the posts are available are working within an NHS Healthcare environment while completing a Level 2 Apprenticeship qualification (15 months).

We are looking for enthusiastic people with a professional attitude, excellent communication skills, positive work ethic and good interpersonal skills.

Your apprenticeship will include the Care Certificate; in addition you will offer you all relevant in-house courses.

Successful applicants can develop their careers through this funded training programme. Staff new to the Trust will be employed as an apprentice contract so that they have an opportunity to 'earn while they learn'. Rotation opportunities are available in all NHS clinical areas including surgery, medicine, theatres, Physio and community care, placements available trust wide.

Main duties of the job

Our apprenticeships offer:

  • Earn a salary while studying
  • Gain job specific skills, knowledge and behaviours
  • Study towards a related qualification including literacy and numeracy (if required)
  • Have regular pastoral support and personal development reviews
  • Are employed on a 15 month fixed term contract
  • Enjoy benefits such as paid annual leave, comprehensive mandatory training, protected time for your studies and NHS discounts

Healthcare Support Workers who complete the programme and demonstrate our Trust behaviours and values will be eligible to apply for a permanent post within the Trust. Where their qualifications meet the requirements for the post, and will be guaranteed an interview.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality opening a state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read applicant guidance notes before submitting your application.

Date posted

03 July 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£10.42 an hour per hour

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

15 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-5399579HD

Job locations

Cobalt Business Park (Trust Wide)

7/8 Silver Fox Way

North Shields

NE27 0QJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

To work under the supervision of the practitioner and staff members in the delivery of high quality care.

To provide assistance and support to a broad spectrum of service users, and the multi-disciplinary team.

Assist with daily workload within a department.

To gain relevant work based learning within a Healthcare environment.

Become prepared and knowledgeable within the working environment and work towards gaining a Level 2 Apprenticeship in Healthcare support worker.

Upon successful completion further NHS apprenticeships are available, Level 3 equivalent to 2 A levels, Level 5 equivalent to an Undergraduate Degree, Level 6 equivalent to a Degree and Level 7 is equivalent to a Masters!

(This post is strictly subject to satisfactory completion of the Care Certificate Programme which must be completed in the first 12 weeks of commencement of post).

Job description

Job responsibilities

To work under the supervision of the practitioner and staff members in the delivery of high quality care.

To provide assistance and support to a broad spectrum of service users, and the multi-disciplinary team.

Assist with daily workload within a department.

To gain relevant work based learning within a Healthcare environment.

Become prepared and knowledgeable within the working environment and work towards gaining a Level 2 Apprenticeship in Healthcare support worker.

Upon successful completion further NHS apprenticeships are available, Level 3 equivalent to 2 A levels, Level 5 equivalent to an Undergraduate Degree, Level 6 equivalent to a Degree and Level 7 is equivalent to a Masters!

(This post is strictly subject to satisfactory completion of the Care Certificate Programme which must be completed in the first 12 weeks of commencement of post).

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • 5 GCSE`s level A - E (including Maths and English)
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • 5 GCSE`s level A - E (including Maths and English)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cobalt Business Park (Trust Wide)

7/8 Silver Fox Way

North Shields

NE27 0QJ


Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cobalt Business Park (Trust Wide)

7/8 Silver Fox Way

North Shields

NE27 0QJ


Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Health Apprentice Programme Coordinator

Dawn Waugh

Dawn.Waugh@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk

01912031415

Date posted

03 July 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£10.42 an hour per hour

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

15 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-5399579HD

Job locations

Cobalt Business Park (Trust Wide)

7/8 Silver Fox Way

North Shields

NE27 0QJ


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