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
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
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