Apprentice Therapeutic Radiographer - COVID-19 in Worcester

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

• Best services for local people
• Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
• Best use of resources
• Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system. Key to making all of this happen, and making sure that our teams are empowered and equipped with have the skills, tools, techniques and mindset to drive continuous improvement in every part of our Trust is our single improvement methodology

If you can help us to achieve these; if your vision matches our vision; and you believe in Putting Patients First, we would love to hear from you!

In return, we commit to investing in our staff to ensure that we retain and develop the right people, with the right skills, who care about and take pride in, putting patients first.

We are very excited to announce that we are offering our first level 6 Apprenticeship in Therapeutic Radiography here at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS trust. Once qualified as a therapeutic radiographer you will be part of a multidisciplinary team treating patients with cancer using radiation.

Are you looking for a new challenge, to develop your career in the NHS and want to earn while you learn or have you just completed A Levels but are not looking to go to university for a full time self-funded course? If the answer is yes, then we are keen to hear from you.

The apprenticeship will run over 3 years and 3 months, comprising of: -

• On the job training based within the radiotherapy department housed in the Oncology Centre at Worcestershire Royal Hospital (aiming to start Dec 2022 to enable integration into the department and on boarding onto the University course).

• Off the job training (minimum 20% of time) - following an integrated timetable with Sheffield Hallam University. The University course commences in March 2023; attendance will be mostly through distance learning although you will be expected to attend a few days on site at the University.

• Completion of a BSc (Hons) degree in Therapeutic Radiography, approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

The post is 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday (this includes study time).

Applicants must be able to evidence Maths and English GCSE grade C/4 or above or functional skills for both at level 2 and evidence of study at level 3 or above (please see personal specification for full details of entry requirements for the University).

For more information on the apprenticeship course please visit the university website. If you are unsure if your previous qualifications meet the required standard please contact the university directly (contact details are on their website).

Interviews will be held jointly with Sheffield Hallam University.

For further information please contact Claire Bode on 01905 761431 or via email (claire.bode1@nhs.net). We encourage anyone interested in applying to arrange a pre-interview site visit to ensure that this is the right career choice for you.