Register Nursing Degree Apprenticeship - Top Up (INTERNAL)

The top-up is a 24-month education program, working towards becoming a Registered Nurse with a BSc Honours degree. The course combines work-based and academic learning between WVT and the University of Worcester. This apprenticeship position will be paid at a Band 4 for the duration., The Nursing Associate to Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship is a two-year top-up education programme, working towards becoming a Registered Nurse with a BSc Hons degree. The apprenticeship combines work-based and academic learning between The Employer/Trust and a Higher Education Institute (HEI) approved to deliver Nursing and Midwifery Council approved programmes, and is also a Registered Apprenticeship Training Provider.

This opportunity is suitable for Assistant Practitioners, Nursing Associates or equivalent qualifications employed in Wye Valley NHS Trust who meet the following requirements:

• Have English and Maths GCSE C/4 or above, or English and Maths Level 2 Functional Skills, and can provide evidence in the form of a certificate


• Have a Level 3 qualification, 112 UCAS points from 3 A Levels or equivalent and can provide evidence in the form of a certificate


• Hold the values and behaviours required for the Registered Nurse or Nursing Associate Apprenticeship


• Must be contracted for a minimum of 30 hours per week


• Have lived in England for a minimum of the last 3 years


• Nursing Associates must have a minimum of one year post registration experience before applying to the top-up


• Have written support from your current line manager- confirmation document to be sent out upon receipt of application, As a Registered Nurse Degree Apprentice you will be based, as a paid employee, within Wye Valley NHS Trust. Whilst you will be allocated to one specific area, you will experience working across both internal and external placements to gain an appreciation of the different areas of local healthcare service and meet the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) requirements.
  
  Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.


Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.