This is a 24month developmental role under the supervision of a Registered Nurse (or other registered care professional dependent on setting). The Student Nurse Associate Apprentice (SNAA) will work towards progression into the post of a Registered Nurse Associate through successful completion of the Student Nurse Associate Apprenticeship programme. The apprentice will develop and maintain knowledge, skills and competencies related to the role of Nurse Associate within Lincolnshire Community & Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG) and through completion of the level 5 foundation degree apprenticeship with a Higher Education Institute (HEI) which includes working in a variety of clinical placements and delivery of person-centred care.
Training posts /bases will only be made available where a vacancy exists and can be accommodated within the ward establishment. All training posts will be identified centrally and agreed by the Director of Nursing in advance. As a result, successful candidates may be required to transfer to other wards or departments where the vacancies exist - these could be in either a community or hospital setting.
Candidates are asked to stress their preference of acute, community and location within their application. Although every effort will be made to try and match these; this cannot be guaranteed as posts will be dependent upon organisational need and availability.
To receive delegated duties from the supervising RN and senior colleagues, accepting those that fall within their individual competency level, adhering to the NMC Delegation and Accountability tool (NMC Code 2018) and to perform procedures as detailed within the NMC Standards for Proficiency for Nurse Associate (2018) (Annexe B) to meet the nursing needs of the patients in their care and work within Trust policies, procedures, and guidelines.
At the end of the apprenticeship, the SNAA will be equipped with the knowledge, understanding, skills, attitudes, and behaviours relevant to employment as a Nurse Associate and will work to a nationally recognised code of conduct with the requirement to register on the Nursing Midwifery Council register (NMC).
For full list of individual duties please see the job description.
Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.
This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.
The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Anne Owen Job title: Higher Apprentice Facilitator Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 07920072873
