Student Nurse Associate Apprenticeship

at  Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Apprenticeship Opportunity - Student Nurse Associate
An exciting opportunity is open to undertake Apprenticeship training, to become a Nursing Associate in partnership with one of our local universities.
This is a 2 year developmental role. As an apprentice you will work towards progression into the post of Nursing Associate, through successful completion of the Nursing Associate training programme, which includes the attainment of a level 5 Foundation Degree equivalent qualification. The Nursing Associate apprenticeship combines both academic and work-based learning.
Apprentices will attend university for theory, and will complete work based learning in their clinical workplace. They will also experience working in alternative settings on spoke placements, to fulfill all the requirements of the programme, and registration will be with the NMC.
The job description attached lists the main duties of the role in detail however, in order to be considered for this opportunity you must be able to evidence the following when submitting your application.
GCSEs Grade A*-C or 4-9 in Maths and English or functional skills level 2 in Maths and English
32 UCAS points from study at level 3 (A levels, Diploma as part of an apprenticeship or stand alone or BTEC qualification)
You must have relevant 12 months experience in care.
If you have previously completed any part of pre-registration nursing, please contact SNA.Recruitment@merseycare.nhs.uk for further assistance before submitting an application.
You must send copies of your certificates and your division of preference/service line to SNA.Recruitment@merseycare.nhs.uk
Original copies of certificates are required to be validated at interview.
We are only recruiting for the below divisions
Mental Health (inpatient services)
Secure Services
Divisional Information is attached to help with your choice.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
This post will involve delivering 24 hour, 7 days a week, 365 days a year care. Successful applicants will be required to work across all shift patterns.
Only those candidates who provide an application form and evidence of qualifications by the deadline will progress to the next stage of the recruitment process.
All Internal applications must be supported by the line manager and a letter of support will need to be sent to SNA.Recruitment@merseycare.nhs.uk

Please refer the Job description for details