Apprentice Health Care Support Worker

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting Apprentice Health Care Support Workers to join our busy wards and clinics. This full-time apprenticeship role combines on-the-job training with completing your apprenticeship, starting with the Care Certificate and learning essential NHS patient care skills.

You will support patients with daily activities, assist with meals, personal care, and accurate record keeping while rotating through shifts to gain a broad understanding of

Qualifications

• GCSE results required (current or predicted) for Level 2/3 apprenticeships.
• Aged 18+ by September 2026.
• Full-time role with shifts including rotating/24-hour periods.
• Motivated and enthusiastic individuals to join a busy NHS team.

Responsibilities

• Support patients with fluid and dietary requirements.
• Assist with menu choices.
• Assist with personal care tasks (washing, dressing, toileting).
• Make beds and keep areas clean and tidy.
• Maintain accurate records and support other clinical staff.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Willingness to learn

Education

GCSE results (current or predicted)

Age 18+ by Sep 2026

Job description

Here at NLaG, we are passionate about our values of compassion, honesty, respect and teamwork. This apprenticeship role provides the springboard for the successful candidate to be part of our Trust, and to share our values as they build a career in nursing. Candidates will develop the core health and caring skills required in the NHS today, including completion of the Care Certificate. There is an opportunity to join either level 2 or level 3 Apprenticeship depending on your GCSE current/predicted results and essential requirements outlined in the person specification. This is a career development role where the Trust aims to aspire and develop our future workforce.

Working alongside other healthcare professionals, successful candidates will be working in busy patient areas gaining an insight into care and how a modern hospital works. Candidates will be fully supported in learning new skills so they can work safely and calmly in our wards and clinics. This will include learning a variety of tasks such as supporting patients with fluid and dietary requirements, helping with menu choices, supporting personal care activities (i.e. washing, dressing, going to the toilet), making beds, keeping our areas clean and tidy, as well as appropriate record keeping and helping other clinical staff with their duties.

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust are recruiting Apprentice Health Care Support Workers to various posts within our organisation. We are looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic individuals to join us on a full-time basis, working clinically whilst completing their apprenticeship.

This apprenticeship role provides the springboard for the successful candidate to be part of our Trust, and to share our values as they build a career in nursing. Candidates will develop the core health and caring skills required in the NHS today, including completion of the Care Certificate.

There is an opportunity to join either a level 2 or level 3 Apprenticeship dependent on current/predicted results and essential requirements outlined in the person specification.

You must be aged 18+ in September 2026 to be able to work the required shifts which include full rotation/ 24 hour period.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world‑class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.