Course Overview

The nursing associate is a new role within the nursing team. Nursing associates work with healthcare support workers and registered nurses to provide care and treatment in a wide range of health and care settings. At the heart of the Nursing Associate Apprenticeship program is flexible, authentic work-based learning, which is combined with higher-level study, allowing the apprentice to €˜earn while they learn. The provision of an academic award is integrated with experience, practice, and learning in the workplace where the apprentice has paid employment status. This two-year foundation degree Nursing Associate Apprenticeship will enable you to provide high-quality, person-centered care across the lifespan. As an apprenticeship it allows you to combine higher-level study and alternative placements with flexible learning where the apprentice has paid employment status. As well as being a professional role in its own right, it is also possible to progress on to graduate-level nursing.

General Eligibility

32 UCAS tariff points

Part Time Work Details

Language Requirement

• Apprentices whose first language is not English must have a minimum standard of English at IELTS 6 (with no less than 5.5 in any component).