Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship - Nursing Associate top-up

This is a developmental role. The trainee will work towards progression into the post of Registered Nurse through successful completion of the Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship (RNDA) which includes the attainment of a level 6 Bachelors Degree qualification. They will develop and maintain knowledge, skills and competencies related to the role of Registered Nurse within the service and through completion of the RNDA training programme which includes working in care settings and delivery of person-centred care.

The Registered Nurse Degree Apprentice training programme combines and integrates both academic andwork-based learningthrough closecollaborationbetween employers and education providers. A Registered Nurse Degree Apprentice will experience working inalternative settingsin order that they gain a wide appreciation of many health and care contexts and are able to fulfil all the requirements of the programme.

At the end of the programme, the Registered Nurse Degree Apprentice will be equipped with the knowledge, understanding, skills, attitudes and behaviours relevant to employment as a Registered Nurse and will work to a nationally recognised code of conduct.
1. The training programme emphasises the role that Registered Nurses can play in life-course (pre-conception to end of life), approaches towards health and well- being and the ways in which they actively contribute to the delivery of holistic care. Holistic care, across life-course, is a whole-person approach which considers, and equally values, physical, psychological and public health needs, learning disabilities, social, economic, spiritual and other factors in the assessing, planning and delivery of care.
2. The overall outcome from the training programme is a Registered Nurse that is fit to practice in the widest range of settings as well as being equipped with the specific knowledge, skills and capabilities required for the context in which they have trained.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties

The apprentice will:

• Deliver 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


• Carry out specific delegated clinical and care tasks and responsibilities to a high standard and competency, under the direction and supervision of a registered nurse or other registered care professional's dependent on setting


• Work with a Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor to take responsibility for developing own clinical competence, leadership and reflective practice skills within the workplace, while on placements and through attending the Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship programme.


• Provide feedback to assist in the evaluation of the Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship programme


• Develop by the end of the Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship programme the ability to work without direct supervision, at times delivering care independently in line with the individual's defined plan of care, within the scope of practice of the Registered Nurse role, accessing clinical and care advice when needed


• Develop knowledge of the scope of practice of the Registered Nurse role within different care settings


• Develop and improve practical and theoretical knowledge, competence and skills throughout the Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship programme and maintain all evidence required


• Contribute towards developing a culture of learning and innovation, developing high quality learning environments