Trainee Nursing Associate

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Full time (37.5 hours), 2 years fixed term

Salary: between £21,730 and £23,177 pa. NB depending on allocated employer there may be also a high-cost area supplement.

• Are you passionate about caring for others?
• Have you considered a career in nursing?
• Would you like to experience various health service settings

Nursing Associates work as a vital part of the wider nursing team and help to bridge care between Healthcare Support Workers and Registered Nurses. They work across many different health and care settings, delivering high quality and hands on person-centred care under the direction of registered nurses.

We are now recruiting talented, passionate, and committed individuals for our Trainee Nursing Associate programme in North Central London, delivered as a full-time workplace-based apprenticeship with a Foundation Degree at Middlesex University, starting in October 2023.

You will be employed in a North Central London healthcare setting – an NHS Trust, a General Practice, or a Nursing Home.

Employers offering this opportunity for the cohort starting in October 2023 are:

• North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
• Whittington Health NHS Trust
• Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust – Learning Disability Services
• GP surgeries across North Central London– Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, Islington

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What does the training programme involve?

• Two-year full-time apprenticeship combined with a Foundation Degree at Middlesex University, starting October 2023; this includes approx. 2,300 programme hours which are divided to achieve an equal balance of theory and practice learning. (Unfortunately a part-time opportunity is not currently an option)
• Allocation of a host NHS Trust, a General Practice, or a Nursing Home in North Central London.
• Chance to earn and learn WITHOUT building a tuition fee debt.
  
  

Your duties are likely to include: 

• providing personal care to patients of all genders
• performing and recording clinical observations such as taking people’s blood pressure, temperature, and pulses
• undertaking clinical tasks like venepuncture (puncturing veins as part of a medical procedure, for example to take a blood sample) and undertaking wound dressings
• supporting patients, their families, and carers when faced with unwelcome news and life-changing diagnoses
• discussing and sharing information with registered nurses on a patients’ condition, behaviour, activity, and responses
• ensuring the privacy, dignity and safety of individuals is maintained at all times
• recognising issues relating to safeguarding vulnerable children and adults

Your standard working week can include a mix of shifts, such as nights, early starts, evenings and weekends. 

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The North Central London Nursing Associate programme is run by a group of highly performing primary and secondary health care providers based in the boroughs of Barnet, Enfield, Haringey, Camden, or Islington, and delivered in partnership with Middlesex University.

As an apprentice, you will be hosted by one of the recruiting employers – for the October start this includes: North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust , Whittington Health NHS Trust , Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust -Learning Disability Services or GP Surgeries in North Central London .

You will be asked to indicate your 1^st, 2^nd, and 3rd choice of employer using a Survey Monkey link (https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/TNAOct23). NB your final placement will only be confirmed at the end of the recruitment process and be subject to availability of placements.

You will work full time without the need to pay any university tuition fees. You will also have access to a generous NHS pension scheme and employer-specific benefits.

At the end of the programme, you will be equipped with the knowledge, understanding, skills, attitudes, and behaviours relevant to employment as a Nursing Associate and will work to a nationally recognised code of conduct. You will be able to work in any health and social care setting which could include a hospital, care home, general practice, mental health, and the community with adults or children.