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Start date:
September 2025
You'll need:
View requirements in the apply section.
Duration:
2 years (full-time)
Discover Roehampton's Nursing Associate Apprenticeship, and learn to provide care for people of all ages and from different backgrounds, cultures and beliefs. You can choose to study this course at our main Roehampton campus (March entry) or Croydon University Centre (September entry).
Did you know
You will study in one of the new state-of-the-art Clinical Simulation Centres, either at our Roehampton campus or at Croydon College, our collaborative partner's campus.
Skills
Nursing Associates provide care for people of all ages and from different backgrounds, cultures and beliefs.
Patients may have mental, physical, cognitive and behavioural care needs and qualified nursing associates will be providing care in a range of settings including in people's homes, in the community, hospital or in any health care setting. Due to the broad nature of the role, nursing associates will be adept at working in the context of continual change, challenging environments, different models of care delivery, shifting demographics, innovation and rapidly evolving technologies.
Learning
The apprenticeship will provide trainees with the knowledge and skills to confidently provide evidence based, direct nursing care.
With an increasing integration of health and social care services, nursing associates will be required to negotiate boundaries and play an important role in multidisciplinary teams.
Career
As a trainee nursing associate, you will usually have guaranteed employment as a qualified nursing associate within your organisation following successful completion of the apprenticeship.
Our Nursing Associate Apprenticeship will give you the skills and knowledge to work in a wide range of healthcare settings including in public, independent and voluntary sectors and it is a statutorily regulated profession.
Applying
If you are interested in completing this apprenticeship yourself, please speak to your employer to see if they offer an apprenticeship programme. We would be more than happy to speak to them about setting one up, so please do ask them to get in touch with us if they don’t have something in place.
Minimum entry requirements:
- Employed in a health care role (minimum 30 hours per
week) and employer support to undertake the programme. - Must meet ESFA funding requirements.
- GCSE in English and mathematics minimum grade C or
above or Level 2 equivalency in literacy and numeracy. - If English is not the applicants first language they must
demonstrate proficiency in English Language (ILETS
level 6.0 with a minimum of 6.0 overall with a minimum of
5.5 in any component)
Additional requirements:
- Applicants must also provide via the employer: Fitness to
Work Health Check, Enhanced Disclosure and Barring
Service (DBS) check, confirmation of mandatory training
completion. - Demonstrate values in accordance with the NMC Code 2018 (assessed at interview based on ‘Values Based Recruitment Framework’ Health Education England, 2014).
- Have the capability to learn behaviours in accordance
with the NMC Code 2018. - Have the capability to develop literacy and numeracy
skills required to meet the programme outcomes. - Have the capability to develop digital and technological
literacy in order to meet the programme outcomes.
This apprenticeship is subject to validation.
If you are an employer and would like to offer apprenticeships at your organisation, please get in touch with us by emailing apprenticeships@roehampton.ac.uk.
We can provide you with all the information and guidance you need to set these up.
This apprenticeship is subject to validation.
Find out more
Get more detailed information on our apprenticeships.