Wye Valley NHS Trust is offering our own INTERNAL Nursing Associates and Assistant Practitioners the opportunity to apply for an apprenticeship:
Top-up to Registered Nurse – for Registered Nursing Associates or Assistant Practitioners
The apprenticeship will start in early September 2025.
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.
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
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.
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.
You will be required to achieve the practical and academic standards as set out by the NMC, The University of Worcester, and the Institute of Apprenticeships. On successful completion of the apprenticeship you will be able to join the NMC Register as a Registered Nurse.
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.
To view detailed job description and main responsibilities, please view supporting information linked to this vacancy
PLEASE NOTE:
Prior to application please ensure you can evidence all requirements prior to interview. Failure to provide evidence of qualifications will result in your application not progressing onto the next stage. If you are currently studying towards the required qualifications linked to this training opportunity please make contact with us to confirm your eligibility.
You will be required to submit your certificate’s as evidence of qualifications via email as instructed by the recruitment team by the 4th April 2025.
To stand the best chance of being shortlisted you need to demonstrate that you have the skills and experience stipulated within the person specification, and provide clear examples within the supporting information section.
The trust is providing support with application writing. To find out more information or if you have any queries, please contact: education@wvt.nhs.uk
Apprenticeship information sessions for candidates to attend will be held remotely 25 th February and 25 th March 10am – 12 noon. To access session link email apprenticeships@wvt.nhs.uk
Please do not delay in submitting your application as, this vacancy may close early due to a result of high level of applications and limited opportunities available.
