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Start date:
June 2024
September 2024
You'll need:
View requirements in the apply section.
Duration:
2 years (full-time)
Discover Roehampton's Nursing Associate Apprenticeship, and learn to provide care for people of all ages and from different backgrounds, cultures and beliefs. You can choose to study this course at our main Roehampton campus (June 2024 entry) or Croydon University Centre (September 2024 entry).
Did you know
You will study in one of the new state-of-the-art Clinical Simulation Centres, either at our Roehampton campus or at Croydon College, our collaborative partner's campus.
Skills
Nursing Associates provide care for people of all ages and from different backgrounds, cultures and beliefs.
Patients may have mental, physical, cognitive and behavioural care needs and qualified nursing associates will be providing care in a range of settings including in people's homes, in the community, hospital or in any health care setting. Due to the broad nature of the role, nursing associates will be adept at working in the context of continual change, challenging environments, different models of care delivery, shifting demographics, innovation and rapidly evolving technologies.
Learning
The apprenticeship will provide trainees with the knowledge and skills to confidently provide evidence based, direct nursing care.
With an increasing integration of health and social care services, nursing associates will be required to negotiate boundaries and play an important role in multidisciplinary teams.
Career
As a trainee nursing associate, you will usually have guaranteed employment as a qualified nursing associate within your organisation following successful completion of the apprenticeship.
Our Nursing Associate Apprenticeship will give you the skills and knowledge to work in a wide range of healthcare settings including in public, independent and voluntary sectors and it is a statutorily regulated profession.
Applying
If you are interested in completing this apprenticeship yourself, please speak to your employer to see if they offer an apprenticeship programme. We would be more than happy to speak to them about setting one up, so please do ask them to get in touch with us if they don’t have something in place.
Minimum entry requirements:
- Employed in a health care role (minimum 30 hours per
week) and employer support to undertake the programme. - Must meet ESFA funding requirements.
- GCSE in English and mathematics minimum grade C or
above or Level 2 equivalency in literacy and numeracy. - If English is not the applicants first language they must
demonstrate proficiency in English Language (ILETS
level 6.0 with a minimum of 6.0 overall with a minimum of
5.5 in any component)
Additional requirements:
- Applicants must also provide via the employer: Fitness to
Work Health Check, Enhanced Disclosure and Barring
Service (DBS) check, confirmation of mandatory training
completion. - Demonstrate values in accordance with the NMC Code 2018 (assessed at interview based on ‘Values Based Recruitment Framework’ Health Education England, 2014).
- Have the capability to learn behaviours in accordance
with the NMC Code 2018. - Have the capability to develop literacy and numeracy
skills required to meet the programme outcomes. - Have the capability to develop digital and technological
literacy in order to meet the programme outcomes.
If you are an employer and would like to offer apprenticeships at your organisation, please get in touch with us by emailing apprenticeships@roehampton.ac.uk.
We can provide you with all the information and guidance you need to set these up.
Information for employers
The apprentice will be employed by you, the organisation for a minimum of 30 hours per week.
Apprentices must be employed for at least the duration of the apprenticeship, which will typically be between 12 to 48 months.
The apprentice will have the same employment rights as other employees and will be paid a salary, receive paid leave for study, complete coursework and attend university classes, usually once a week or in a block delivery.
As an employer, you will need to identify the mentor for the apprentice, who can support apprentice and attend tripartite reviews with apprentice and Training Provider (University of Roehampton). This will take place on termly basis and will give an opportunity to discuss progress of your apprentice.
Lastly, as an employer you will need to cover the funding for the apprenticeship programme.
As an employer, if your pay bill is over £3million, you are required to pay the Apprenticeship Levy to HMRC. You will be able to put these contributions toward the cost of a degree apprenticeship.
If your contributions have been exhausted, the government will pay at least 95% of the fees for you. You will need to cover the remaining 5%.
If your annual pay bill is less than £3million, you will not be contributing towards Apprenticeship Levy. However, the government will pay at least 95% of the fees for each apprentice you have. You will need to cover the remaining 5%.
Your apprenticeships can be funded by a levy paying employer transferring up to 25% of their unused levy to a different employer. For more information, visit GOV.UK.
If you are an employer you will need to create an account on the apprenticeship service. This will allow you to
- Receive the funds to put toward your apprenticeships
- Manage your apprentices
- Set up payments to your training provider
As the employer you will pay the training provider directly the 5%, if applicable. HMRC will pay the provider the 95% of the fees directly.
This funding can be used to pay for the training of your apprentice, however it will not cover their wages, so you will need to pay for that.
For more details, visit GOV.UK.
At the University of Roehampton, we have a long tradition of research and teaching in education and health.
We have been training teachers, through our four colleges, for 180 years and have launched a successful nursing programme both on our main campus and at Croydon University Centre. We are committed to ensuring our graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills to add value to their employers, community and society more widely.
Through our partnerships with the National College of Education and QA we have experience and knowledge of apprenticeships. While we continue to partner with these education providers, we are now also offering apprenticeships directly.
We would like to hear from employers interested in apprenticeships provision in the following areas:
- Education
- Construction
- NHS, Health and Social Care:
- Nursing (Registered Nurse, Nursing Associate, Specialist and Community Public Health)
- Advanced Clinical Practitioner
- Public Health Practitioner
- Clinical Associate in Psychology (CAP)
- Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
- Arts Therapist and Health Play Specialist
- Sports Coaching
Apprenticeship standards that we offer:
- Teacher Apprenticeship
- Sports Coach Apprenticeship (subject to validation)
- Nursing Associate Apprenticeship (subject to validation)
- Academic Professional (subject to validation)
- Senior Leader (postgraduate)
We are committed to ensuring that our employer engagement meets the needs of our partners and of our apprentices, and that engagement is meaningful, clear and enables a continuous route for monitoring and evaluation.
Our processes for working in partnership with employers across our apprenticeship programmes is set out in our Employer Engagement Practice and Procedure for Apprenticeships.