Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Apprentice Healthcare Support Worker
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Health Care Support Worker Level 2 Apprenticeship
Exciting opportunities have arisen for Health Care Support Worker Level 2 Apprenticeship at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; the posts are available 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, we 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.
If successful in being offered the apprenticeship you will be required to provide evidence of GCSES Maths and English Certificates level A - E 9-2 or functional skills L1/2.
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Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
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, which includes 10 months apprenticeship and the remainder end point assessment (EPA)
- 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.
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.
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For further details/informal visits contact:
- Name: Dawn Waugh
- Job title: Health Apprenticeship Programme Coordinator
- Email address: Dawn.Waugh@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 01912031415
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