An apprenticeship within our Trust can help to kickstart your career within healthcare, as well as provide you with a nationally-recognised qualification and quality workplace experience within a professional setting.

Our dedicated Apprenticeship and Widening Access Team provides support, advice and guidance to around 200 apprentices and to anyone looking to join the Trust via an apprenticeship programme.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHSFT currently supports the delivery of an ever-growing range of apprenticeship standards for both clinical and non-clinical careers. Our apprenticeship vacancy opportunities include:

• Business Administration
• Customer Service
• IT
• Finance
• Health Care Assistant

All of your training is delivered either in the workplace or through college/university attendance.

As an apprentice with our Trust you will be fully supported by your line manager, a workplace mentor, training provider and a team member from the Apprenticeship and Widening Access Team. You will be an integral part of a team or service and will be expected to provide good customer service to service users, carers, families and colleagues by adopting a professional and effective approach to the activities and outcomes required of your post.

We currently offer 30 different apprenticeship standards. These include:

• Accounting/Taxation Professional
• Accounts and Finance Assistant
• Adult Care
• Advanced Clinical Practitioner
• Assistant Accountant
• Assistant Practitioner
• Associate Project Manager
• Business Administrator
• Clinical Associate Psychologist
• Data Analyst
• Dental Nurse
• Healthcare Support Worker
• IT Solutions Technician
• Senior Healthcare Support Worker (Adult Nursing, Mental Health and Therapy Support)
• Operations/Departmental Manger
• Podiatrist
• Professional Accounting Technician
• Project Manager Degree
• Team Leader/Supervisor

Earn while you learn

Apprenticeships give you the opportunity to gain hands-on experience, develop key skills by working alongside experienced colleagues and gain accredited qualifications, all while earning an income. As an apprentice you will also receive the same benefits as your colleagues, such as holiday pay, sick pay and pension scheme.

A genuine alternative to university

You may not have had the opportunity to gain professional qualifications in the past, or university may not have been an option for you. Why not look at an apprenticeship, supported by Gloucestershire Health and Care, for the opportunity to work towards and achieve post-graduate accreditation? With a range of levels and different apprenticeships available, there really is something for everyone.

Gain occupational-specific qualifications

Apprenticeships are tailored so that you develop the key knowledge, skills and behaviours needed for your specific occupation/profession. They allow you to achieve an occupational-specific qualification, which is not just recognised within Gloucestershire Health and Care, but externally too.

Tailored support throughout

As an apprentice, you will have the support of a mentor and a dedicated tutor. They will be there to give you the support you need throughout your apprenticeship journey, helping you overcome any obstacles faced and ensuring that you successfully complete your apprenticeship.

Our apprenticeships start at different times throughout the year. They are advertised like any other job and you will need to complete the standard recruitment process, e.g. application, shortlisting, interview and offer.

You can find NHS apprenticeship vacancies on the NHS Jobs website and on the National Apprenticeship Website

We also advertise our apprenticeships on our social media pages. Follow us on Twitter at GHC_Apprentices for all the latest news, updates and apprenticeship vacancies.

The apprenticeship team can also offer information, advice and guidance to apprenticeships and future career choices. If you would like to speak to a member of our team, email us at apprenticeships@ghc.nhs.uk or call us on 0300 421 8216.

Widening Access includes activities related to the encouragement and increase of young people entering higher education.  Widening Access is open to all ages and ethnicities and targets schools or colleges where attainment is typically below average. These activities include, but are not limited to:

• work experience
• work shadowing
• interactive workshops
• school engagement, including careers talk
• apprenticeships

The Apprenticeship and Widening Access Team welcome the opportunity to work with schools and colleges across the county, promoting the career paths that can be offered within the NHS.

The team has a pool of healthcare ambassadors on board to support schools and colleges with career-related activities such as career fairs, mock interview sessions, Ask the Professional days and many more. If you are a school or college representative and would like NHS presence at your career-related event, please get in touch and we will make our best efforts to accommodate.

Please find below a number of resources that can be used for your students to gain a better insight into more than 350 different careers within the NHS. Please contact the Apprenticeship and Widening Access Team for a copy of these resources at apprenticeships@ghc.nhs.uk

Resources available

• Virtual Schools Resources Pack – produced by the GHC Apprenticeship and Widening Access Team to outline the different career pathways and areas of expertise within our Trust
• Apprenticeship Pathways – examples of career progression pathways available through the completion of an apprenticeship
• Job Shop Presentation – hints, tips and helpful information for anyone looking to apply for an apprenticeship.

Links:

• HASO – Healthcare apprenticeships
• Home / Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education
• NHS Jobs – Candidate Homepage
• Find an apprenticeship – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• Become an apprentice – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• Health Careers |