Trainee Nurse Associate Apprenticeship

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Apprenticeship Opportunity - Trainee Nurse Associate

An exciting opportunity is open to undertake Apprenticeship training, to become a Nursing Associate in partnership with one of our local universities.

This is a 2 year developmental role. As an apprentice you 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. The Nursing Associate apprenticeship combines both academic and work-based learning.

Apprentices will attend university for theory, and will complete work based learning in their clinical workplace. They will also experience working in alternative settings on spoke placements, to fulfill all the requirements of the programme, and registration will be with the NMC.

Main duties of the job

The job description attached lists the main duties of the role in detail however, in order to be considered for this opportunity you must be able to evidence the following when submitting your application.

GCSEs Grade A*-C or 4-9 in Maths and English or functional skills level 2 in Maths and English
32 UCAS points from study at level 3 (A levels, Diploma as part of an apprenticeship or stand alone or BTEC qualification)
You must have relevant 12 months experience in care.

If you have previously completed any part of pre-registration nursing, please contact Claire Collister claire.collister@merseycare.nhs.uk for further assistance before submitting an application.

You must send copies of your certificates and your division of preference/service line to Claire Collister (before the closing date). Original copies of certificates are required to be validated at interview.

Please note you can only apply for 1 division, the divisions we are recruiting for are the following;

Mental Health - all services
Secure Care - all services
Community - services as below

- Children's School Health Service

- District Nursing (Liverpool & Knowsley)

- Walk in Centres (Liverpool)

- Treatment Rooms (Liverpool & Knowsley)

- Bladder & Bowel (Paediatric)

- ICRAS (Urgent Care)

- Longmoor House

If you would like to work in the community division, please confirm your service line preference (one of the community services above) when applying

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Date posted

11 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

350-COR4589000-D

Job locations

Various Trust Sites

Merseyside

L31 1HW

Job description

Job responsibilities

This post will involve delivering 24 hour, 7 days a week, 365 days a year care. Successful applicants will be required to work across allshift patterns.

Only those candidates who provide an application form, their division and service line preference and evidence of qualifications by the deadline will progress to the next stage of the recruitment process.

All Internal applications must be supported by the line manager and a letter of support will need to be sent to Claire Collister.

Divisional Information is attached to help with your choice.

PLEASE NOTE - IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY ON A VISA, YOU NEED TO HAVE BEEN IN THE UK FOR 3 YEARS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS COURSE

Job description

Job responsibilities

This post will involve delivering 24 hour, 7 days a week, 365 days a year care. Successful applicants will be required to work across allshift patterns.

All Internal applications must be supported by the line manager and a letter of support will need to be sent to Claire Collister.

Divisional Information is attached to help with your choice.

PLEASE NOTE - IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY ON A VISA, YOU NEED TO HAVE BEEN IN THE UK FOR 3 YEARS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS COURSE

Person Specification

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Minimum 12 months experience working in a health related role
Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development

Other

Essential

Courteous, respectful and helpful at all times
Ability to work on own initiative
Ability to move between sites working across health and social care as required by the needs of the development programme

Person Specification

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Minimum 12 months experience working in a health related role
Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development

Other

Essential

Courteous, respectful and helpful at all times
Ability to work on own initiative
Ability to move between sites working across health and social care as required by the needs of the development programme

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.