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Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
About
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health and learning disability services to the people of Leeds and across the Yorkshire and Humber region.
Service users are at the heart of our organisation. We constantly strive to provide the best possible care and support, working closely with related organisations to provide effective, accessible and modern mental health and learning disability services.
Working in partnership with our local communities, our core purpose is to improve the mental health and well being of the people who use our services.
Our Trust was awarded NHS foundation trust status on 1 August 2007. On 1 February 2012 our Trust became known as Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
As a Foundation Trust we are accountable to the people we serve. Our Board of Directors is made up of executive and non-executive directors and is led by a Chair that is a non-executive director.
From 1 October 2015 our Trust has provided specialist mental health and learning disability services to people within Leeds and specialist services in York.
Our purpose
Our purpose is ‘improving health, improving lives’ and this is supported by our vision, values and behaviours.
The Trust is on a journey to embed collective and distributed leadership as close to services and service users as possible, so everyone is working towards shared goals, decision making and working collaboratively.
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Student Nursing Associate
Closed for applications on: 15-Aug-2024 00:02
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 15-Aug-2024 00:02
Key details
Location
- Site
- Various
- Town
- Leeds
- Postcode
- LS2 9LN
- Major / Minor Region
- West Yorkshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- 24 months (Apprenticeship)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 3)
Specialty
- Main area
- Apprenticeship
All references should be directed through the Employers HR Department wherever possible to comply with NHS Check Standards. Please ensure that a HR address/email is provided for each referee named.
Job overview
We recruit based on values and believe lived experience is an advantage. We seek out potential, not perfection. Together, we aim to be as diverse as the communities we care for.
Simply put, we employ people who care, act with integrity and have the right skills, so that we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and our staff feel purposeful and valued.
Our information is available in accessible formats including braille, large print, other formats such as MS Word or coloured paper version.
Please see the attached information to help you make a successful application. The Recruitment Profile includes job information. There are also details of our benefits and a guide to our values-based recruitment process.
If you require reasonable adjustments, or require further information please see these attached guides or contact the Recruitment Team [email protected]
Advert
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Student Nursing Associate Apprenticeship within various LYPFT Teams.
Our apprenticeship scheme is run in partnership with a leading provider (Leeds Trinity University) to ensure you are fully supported through a high-quality training programme. The apprenticeship will provide you with valuable experience and offer a strong foundation for future careers.
Whilst completing your apprenticeship programme you will be a band 3 Student Nursing Associate. You will be expected to fulfil the full role and responsibilities by the end of the training period, and a development plan will be put in place by your line manager confirming the competencies they expect you to develop during that time. On successful completion of the apprenticeship, you will progress to band 4 as a Nursing Associate.
You will be supported with your learning and the skills needed to undertake the role. You will be supported by our Practice Learning and Development Team (PLDT), the Apprenticeship Team and your Team Manager.
For Level 3 and above apprenticeships this apprenticeship requires you to have certificates in Maths and English at Level 2 (GCSE Grades 4-9 or Grades A-C, or equivalent).
Services must have a permanent vacancy for the apprentice to move into upon successful completion.
Working for our organisation
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research, and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme (LYPFT pays 20.6% into your scheme each year), coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more organisations such as Blue Light Card, Health Service Discounts and NHS Discount Offers.
Attached to this advert are supporting documents.
The Recruitment Profile includes guidance on making a good application, an outline of our benefits and the Job Description and Person Specification.
You must have been a UK resident for a minimum of 3 years and have right to work for the duration of the apprenticeship. In line with UK Government, Apprenticeship funding rules. You must not hold the same level of qualification (or above) in the same pathway or subject.
We are not able to offer sponsorship to work in the UK for any apprenticeship role.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a Student Nursing Associate you will:
Be supported in delivering high quality, compassionate care under the direction of a Registered Nurse (or other registered care professional dependent on setting) with a focus on promoting health and independence.
Have proficient attitudes and behaviours compatible with NHS Values
Work as part of a designated clinical and care team delivering care that focuses on the direct needs of the individual.
Work with a Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor and take responsibility for developing clinical competence, leadership and reflective practice skills within the workplace, while on placements and through attending the Nursing Associate Training Programme.
Provide feedback to assist in the evaluation of the Nursing Associate Apprenticeship programme.
Develop the ability to work without direct supervision by the end of the Nursing Associate Training Programme, at times delivering care independently in line with the individual’s defined plan of care, within agreed parameters.
The programme is structured so that you will experience a wide variety of clinical placements across the breadth of health and social care sectors in different organisations with the aim of giving you the widest exposure to healthcare. Throughout the two year programme there are18 weeks of external ‘spoke’ placements you are required to do. These are often in blocks of 4 weeks and spread out over the 2 years.
50% of the course is academic learning. You will be expected to attend study days or weeks dependant on which University you are allocated to study at. You will also be expected to undertake ‘Protected Learning Time’ in the team which you will be based in and therefore meet the 2300 total learning hours required to complete the Foundation Degree. On successful completion you will register with the Nursing Midwifery Council.
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- L2 NVQ in health-related studies - or equivalent qualification
- L2 Maths and English - or equivalent qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of delivering care in a MH or LD setting
Values
Essential criteria
- Has the applicant displayed or described a way in which they meet 1 of the 3 Trust values; Caring, Simple, Integrity?
- Has the applicant evidenced lived experience, caring or volunteering experience within the supporting statement?
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Deborah Firth
- Job title
- .
- Email address
- [email protected]
No longer accepting applications
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