Accelerated Registered Nurse Degree Apprentice - Bristol Children's

University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust as an Accelerated Registered Nurse Degree Apprentice at Bristol Children's Hospital. This fixed-term, 24-month apprenticeship allows you to earn while becoming a Registered Children’s Nurse. You'll work in a supportive environment alongside skilled mentors and gain vital practice hours.

Qualifications

• NMC-registered Nursing Associate required.
• 12+ months' post-registration experience by 29th September 2025 preferred.
• Completion of preceptorship is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Work as a Nursing Associate while studying.
• Attend weekly academic sessions at UWE.
• Complete 15 hours supernumerary practice weekly in base clinical area.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Self-direction

Time Management

Education

Registered Nursing Associate

Job description

This post is only open to internal applicants.

Accelerated Registered Nurse Degree Apprentice - Bristol Children's

Band 4

Main area Accelerated Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship Grade Band 4 Contract Fixed term: 24 months (Fixed) Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (Minimum of 30 hours per week) Job ref 387-TS1037-GW

Site Bristol Royal Hospital for Children Town Bristol Salary £26,530 - £29,114 pa Salary period Yearly Closing 29/06/2025 23:59 Interview date 21/07/2025

As an organisation we recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.

Are you a qualified Nursing Associate with a passion for children? This accelerated 2-year Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship (aRNDA) at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, delivered in partnership with UWE Bristol, offers you the opportunity to become a Registered Children’s Nurse while continuing to earn and learn.

The programme starts the week commencing 29th September 2025. You will join the programme in Year 3 of the 4-year BSc (Hons) Children’s Nursing Apprentice pathway, with prior learning and 960 practice hours accredited from your Nursing Associate training.

Apprenticeship learning includes one day of theory per week (Wednesdays at UWE) and 15 supernumerary clinical hours in your base area. The remainder of your contracted hours will be in your employed role as a Nursing Associate. The course is 50% theory, 50% practice. With 4 external placements.

You will receive child-specific teaching and may join learners from another Trust also offering the children’s RNDA. External placements will be arranged by UWE and take place in full-time blocks across the 2 years.

We welcome applications from:

• NMC-registered Nursing Associates
• Those with 12+ months' post-registration experience by 29 th September 2025
• Applicants within 8 weeks of 12 months' experience (with written support from their Line Manager and Director of Nursing)
• Completion of preceptorship is desirable

Main duties of the job

• Work as a Nursing Associate while completing your studies
• Attend weekly academic sessions at UWE (Wednesdays)
• Complete 15 hours supernumerary practice weekly in your base clinical area at UHBW
• Attend 4 external full-time placements.
• Achieve the NMC requirement of 2,300 practice hours (with 960 hours accredited from previous training)
• Learn in a supportive environment with dedicated mentors and child-specific content
• On completion, progress to a Band 5 Registered Nurse (Children’s) and successful NMC registration

The course is demanding and requires a high level of commitment, but the reward of becoming part of a skilled, compassionate team providing outstanding care to children makes the challenge worthwhile. Interview will be on Monday 21 st July and include a presentation from UWE, the academic provider for more detail about the course.

Apply today and take the first step toward an exciting career in children's nursing

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

You will be required to work long days, evenings and weekends (Including public holidays).

Please clearly state ALL qualifications including maths and English within your application.

(Please note evidence of qualifications will need to be provided and evidenced at interview)

To apply for a Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship, you will need to be aged 18 or over at the start of the programme in October 2025.

We would advise that you consider the information on the website below before applying:

www.uhbwcareers.nhs.uk/rnda

On successful completion of the course, you will be eligible to apply for your Nursing and Midwifery Council registration number known as your ‘PIN’, and subsequent entry onto the NMC register as a band 5 Registered Nurse (RN). Ideally you be offered a RN role within your base area.

An Assessment centre interview for those candidates who have been shortlisted will take place on 30 th June 2025.

Person specification

Knowledge and Experience

• Demonstrate the ability to work effectively as a team player under appropriate supervision, and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Demonstrate the ability to work on own initiative
• Experience of caring for patients in health care settings
• Self directive approach to planning own learning ojectives and obtaining evidence for the NMC learning proficiancies and professional values
• Work in an effective and organised manner demonstrating excellent time management and organisational skills to effectively deliver person-centred care for an allocated group of individuals
• Have experience of working with others and alongside others and demonstrate transferable skills
• Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice
• Evidence for the NMC learning proficiencies and professional values
• Evidence of working at level 6 academic standards

Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrate excellent IT, verbal and written communication skills
• Show motivation and commitment to make the most of this learning opportunity and develop a passion for excellence in care
• Demonstrate an ability to communicate with a wide range of people remaining courteous, respectful and helpful at all times being mindful that there may be barriers to communication and understanding
• Demonstrate inter-personal skills that promote clarity, compassion, empathy, respect and trust
• Demonstrate excellent personal qualities of being genuine, non-judgemental and respectful and with the ability to demonstrate warmth and empathy towards patients in the provision of care
• Have an ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of the workload
• Have an ability to move between sites working across health and social care as required by the needs of the development apprenticeship programme
• Ability to work within the scope of practice of a trainee nurse associate as determined by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Standards for pre-registration nursing associate programmes (2023), Standards of proficiency for nursing associates (2018) and trust policy.

Aptitiudes

• Supportive
• Respectful
• Trustworthy

We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.

· As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

· The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.

· UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.

· To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.

· If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.

· The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

· By applying for this post, you are agreeing to University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

· Please be aware of scams – unless specified above, we will only communicate with you via @recruit.trac.jobs or nhs.net e-mails and we will never ask you for any payments.

IMPORTANT:

Please note that if you apply for a position with this Trust, you may be contacted via Trac or via email. This includes invites for job interviews. We therefore recommend that you regularly check your Trac account and email accounts. We may also contact you by texting the mobile number, if provided, on the application form.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

As a guide interviews should usually take place within 3 weeks of the closing date.

When providing employment reference details, please provide correct work-related email addresses so references can be sought promptly when we are looking to progress your application. Your referee must all be known to you in a line manager or professional lead capacity.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Jenni Fryer Job title Recruitment and Retention Lead Email address [e-mail] Additional information

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