Trainee Nurse Associate Apprenticeship - March 25 intake

We are a Teaching Hospital full of hard working and dedicated staff providing community and hospital services across the Morecambe area - an area covering a thousand square miles across south Cumbria and north Lancashire.
We are absolutely committed to making the Trust 'a great place to be cared for and a great place to work' through the delivery of the highest possible standards of compassionate care, as well as our research in education strategy to provide the very best patients and staff experience.
Our key values are compassion, dignity, respect and working in partnership with our staff, volunteers and partner organisations.
It is fair to say that it is the people that make our Trust what it is, and we are immensely proud of all our teams across the bay. We want to work with people who champion our vision and values. During the interview and selection process we will explore your awareness of how you demonstrate the trust vision, values and our behavioural standards framework.

Working for our organisation
We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Have the right to work in England.
Have been ordinarily resident in the UK or EEA for at least the previous three years before the start of the apprenticeship. However there are some exceptions to this rule which can be found in the residency eligibility section in Annex A of the Funding Rules.
The Behavioural Standards Framework
Everybody's responsibility in everything we do

UHMBT and University of Cumbria are delighted to be offering this opportunity to join our organisation and start a career in nursing. This is a two year course and once you have successfully completed you will be a Nurse Associate (NA).
Following successful completion there may be further opportunity to continue your studies and apprenticeship to become a Registered Nurse (RN). This will be subject to performance, attitude and successful interview.
Joining us as a TNA (Trainee Nurse Associate) is a great way to become a NA and offers a lot of unique benefits. You will be fully supported through your journey. You will be paid in line with agenda for change trainee pay (Annex U 21 salary percentage - yr1 70% and yr2 75% of the top of band 4). If you already work for us , there may be opportunity for pay protection. You will be an employee of UHMBT receiving all the same benefits of your colleagues. The apprenticeship supplies you with a blend of "hands on" learning across our organisation to compliment the academic learning.
Please note the posts are available at Lancaster, Kendal and Barrow bases and placements will be cross bay., The Trust promotes flexible working opportunities where ever possible to enable staff to balance their work and home life. We are committed to Equal Opportunities and aim to be Effortlessly Inclusive .
The trust operates a No Smoking Policy.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our Person Specification will be shortlisted for Interview.
We reserve the right to close a job advert early where sufficient applications have been received.
The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert
If the post is subject to Disclosure & Barring Service checking, (formally CRB) a charge of £38 for Enhanced and £18 for Standard clearance for will be made to the successful candidate(s). This currently only applies to roles Band 6 and above and Medical & Dental posts.
Anyone newly appointed to the trust under the Agenda For Change contract, will be subject to the completion of a satisfactory 6 month probationary period. This will give the new staff member an opportunity to become familiar with the role and working environment.
We have introduced a new system called Pre-Onboarding, specifically to support you right the way through to your first few months in your new role with us at UHMB. This bespoke site has lots of useful information to help you settle in to your new role including: what to expect from the recruitment clearances process, where to get a uniform, when you'll get paid etc. As well as information on a number of our services i.e. Infection Prevention, Anti-fraud, Inclusion and Diversity, Care Certificates and much more. To access click on this link https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/uhmbt-pre-onboarding.