New to Care Health Care Support Worker Apprentice inShrewsbury inShrewsbury PUBLISHED 24 OCT 2024

Band 2  APPRENTICESHIP 

This is a fantastic opportunity to join us as a New to Care Health Care Support worker Apprentice and start your career path to Registered Health Care Practitioner here in Shropshire.

Eligible Candidates:

  • must work at least 30 hours per week.
  • can be any age post full-time education 16+,
  • cannot already be on an Apprenticeship or any Government funded training,
  • cannot have a qualification at the same or higher level in the same vocational area. ( There needs to be significant new learning .)
  • needs to be eligible for funding by living in the UK for 3 years or more or fits criteria in funding rules
    i.e.
    has been a UK resident for 3 or more years or meets the eligible and valid residency status and permission to work in the UK criteria in Annex A of the apprenticeship funding rules. This is available with other documents linked to this vacancy.

The New to care Health Care Support Worker apprenticeship will be based clinically on a ward within the Trust, working under the supervision of qualified staff and Health Care Support Workers in the delivery of high quality, direct patient care for all patients and their families/carers.

Throughout the apprenticeship you will be expected to develop your knowledge and skills to that of a competent Health Care Support Worker(HCSW) and contribute to the ongoing continuity of compassionate care and excellent teamwork.

As an apprentice HCSW you will attend Telford College for one day per week. At the start of your apprenticeship, you will complete Health Care Academy which will provide you with an enhanced induction to working within the NHS.

Your clinical hours will follow a shift pattern including day and weekend shifts. In some cases, there may be a requirement to rotate onto night shifts, to cover the needs of the clinical area and / or the Trust.

You will develop your skills, knowledge and competence to gain a Healthcare Support Worker Level 2 Apprenticeship. This will be achieved through on the job training, guidance and supervision and attendance at relevant training sessions provided by the employing Trust, the Training Provider (Telford College) and assessment in the workplace. Apprentices will be employed by Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust and based in one of the Trust's medical or surgical clinical areas.

About us

A full job description and person specification for this new and exciting opportunity for new to care health care support worker apprentice can be found attached to this advert.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join us as a New to Care Health Care Support worker Apprentice and start your career path to Registered Health Care Practitioner here in Shropshire.

Eligible Candidates:

  • must work at least 30 hours per week.
  • can be any age post full-time education 16+,
  • cannot already be on an Apprenticeship or any Government funded training,
  • cannot have a qualification at the same or higher level in the same vocational area. ( There needs to be significant new learning .)
  • needs to be eligible for funding by living in the UK for 3 years or more or fits criteria in funding rules
    i.e.
    has been a UK resident for 3 or more years or meets the eligible and valid residency status and permission to work in the UK criteria in Annex A of the apprenticeship funding rules. This is available with other documents linked to this vacancy.

The New to care Health Care Support Worker apprenticeship will be based clinically on a ward within the Trust, working under the supervision of qualified staff and Health Care Support Workers in the delivery of high quality, direct patient care for all patients and their families/carers.

Throughout the apprenticeship you will be expected to develop your knowledge and skills to that of a competent Health Care Support Worker(HCSW) and contribute to the ongoing continuity of compassionate care and excellent teamwork.

As an apprentice HCSW you will attend Telford College for one day per week. At the start of your apprenticeship, you will complete Health Care Academy which will provide you with an enhanced induction to working within the NHS.

Your clinical hours will follow a shift pattern including day and weekend shifts. In some cases, there may be a requirement to rotate onto night shifts, to cover the needs of the clinical area and / or the Trust.

You will develop your skills, knowledge and competence to gain a Healthcare Support Worker Level 2 Apprenticeship. This will be achieved through on the job training, guidance and supervision and attendance at relevant training sessions provided by the employing Trust, the Training Provider (Telford College) and assessment in the workplace. Apprentices will be employed by Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust and based in one of the Trust's medical or surgical clinical areas.

About us

A full job description and person specification for this new and exciting opportunity for new to care health care support worker apprentice can be found attached to this advert.



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