Career Development and Apprenticeship Practitioner

Chesterfield Royal Hospital; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Career Development and Apprenticeship Practitioner to support the delivery of education and apprenticeship programmes within our hospital setting. The role involves teaching level 2 and 3 healthcare apprenticeships, assessing practice, and providing pastoral support to learners on work placements, including T levels and BTech students.

You will work within the Career Development & Apprenticeship Team to uphold quality standards and

Qualifications

• Recent hospital experience delivering patient care.
• Foundation degree in health or teaching qualification required.
• Experience teaching and assessing apprenticeships or equivalent TAQA.
• Familiar with Care Certificate standards and induction processes.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and evaluate Care Certificate and Care Certificate Supervisor programmes.
• Teach level 2 and 3 healthcare apprenticeships and assess in practice.
• Provide pastoral support for work experience, including T levels and BTech.

Skills

Presentation skills

Healthcare knowledge

Care Certificate awareness

Teaching ability

Microsoft PowerPoint

Lesson planning

Constructive feedback

Education

GCSE Maths & English (C/4 or equivalent)

Foundation degree in health or teaching qualification

TAQA - Teaching and Assessing Apprenticeships

Care Certificate Supervisor or mentor

Tools

PowerPoint

Job description

Career Development and Apprenticeship Practitioner

NHS AfC: Band 4

Main area Education Grade NHS AfC: Band 4 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 166-W&OD-8173798

Site Chesterfield Royal Hospital Town Chesterfield Salary £28,392 - £31,157 pa Salary period Yearly Closing 20/09/2026 23:59 Interview date 30/09/2026

Job overview

To support the Career Development and Apprenticeship Team in the delivery and evaluation of the Care Certificate and Care Certificate Supervisor programmes to meet service priorities and quality standards. To deliver training on the level 2 and 3 healthcare apprenticeships. Being able to teach, assess in practice and mark work in line with apprenticeship standard requirements.

To support with work experience programmes and provide pastoral support to candidates in practice including T levels and BTech students.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will have up to date experience in a hospital setting delivering care. A foundation degree in health or equivalent teaching qualification is required.

They will have experience in delivering clinical education or have had a mentorship/ supervisory role in practice. They will be familiar with the Care Certificate induction and its standards and be able to teach new support staff on induction to the hospital, including resuscitation and vital signs.

Microsoft skills will be required to enable them to plan lessons and create PowerPoint presentations for teaching . Delivery of the level 2 and level 3 healthcare apprenticeship teaching and assessing will be part of this role so having the TAQA qualification would be essential.

Working for our organisation

Here at Chesterfield Royal Hospital, we provide a full range of district general services, including 24-hour urgent and emergency care, specialist children’s services, maternity and community midwifery to the population of North Derbyshire – around 400,000 local people.We also offer primary care services through nine GP surgeries in Chesterfield and Derbyshire. We work closely with partners across health and care as part of the Joined-Up Care Derbyshire system.

The Trust’s Together as One Strategy and People Plan describe our organisational values and a pledge to support our people. We are above average in all themes of the NHS National Staff Survey.

A significant element of supporting our people includes compassionate and inclusive leadership. We know that people have a life outside of work, we offer a raft of support to care for your physical and mental wellbeing including a purpose-built Wellbeing Hub free of charge for staff which includes access to a 24/7 gym. We are easily accessible from the M1 and the A61 and the local train station is nearby.

Ours is a workplace in which you can proudly be yourself.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Career Development & Apprenticeship Practitioner is a educational role within our organisation. Leading the Chesterfield Way supports the Trust’s priorities and ambitions and sets out the behaviours and characteristics that leaders are expected to adopt and that all staff can role model, to make the Trust an even better place to work; and to support the delivery of exceptional patient care. It provides a framework for leadership and supports individual progression through appraisal, career progression and personal development. As a Career Development & Apprenticeship Practitioner you will use Leading the Chesterfield Way and its principles to:

• Inspire a shared sense of purpose – encouraging your team to take pride in what they do, improve the care and services they provide; and enable them to understand how they contribute to the success of the organisation
• Lead with care - showing colleagues compassion and care by listening - and offering empathy and understanding to help create a supportive workplace
• Evaluate and use information - be alert to what is happening around you; and evaluate the information you hear, receive or discover to take actions and decisions that improve both patient and staff experience
• Work with others to connect services – using the opportunity to link up with different colleagues, leaders and partners, building relationships that can help everyone to deliver effective and efficient healthcare and services
• Engage with your team - respecting every member of staff, valuing their diversity and making sure that every member of your team feels that their contribution is appreciated and valued
• Hold yourself and others to account - be clear about what’s expected at work, giving honest feedback and acting quickly and fairly to support others who are struggling to meet expectations
• Develop capability – take opportunities to develop your own skills, take-up training and education that will help you in your role and keep up-to-date with the essential training that applies to you
• Influence what happens – by acting as an ambassador for the Trust, sharing good news and good practice with your team, contributing to debates, having a say and leading improvement – all ways of influencing what happens to our services in the future.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Maths and English at GCSE GRADE C/4 or Level 2 Functional skills.
• Level 5 foundation degree in health or equivalent relevant teaching qualification.
• Teaching and assessing qualification for apprenticeships (TAQA)
• Care Certificate Supervisor or mentor

Experience

• Recent acute clinical experience within a hospital setting.
• Ability to teaching a skill
• Supervision in practice
• Clinical teaching experience

  Skills

  • Sound presentation skills
  • Up to date knowledge of healthcare related conditions
  • Awareness of the Care certificate standards
  • Ability to teach
  • Ability to use Microsoft software to develop teaching resources e.g. PowerPoint presentations.
  • Familiar with creating lesson plans
  • Able to give constructive feedback

  Flexible Working

  If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.

  Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.

  UK Points-based immigration system

  Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

  It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or cumulatively for 12 months in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

  If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.

  Communications

  Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.

  If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.

  Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.

  This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.