Apprentice Healthcare Assistant

Overview

This is a fixed term contract for 14 months. The Trust supports your progression beyond the Apprenticeship and will be here to help.

Buxton is a busy ward looking after patients from medical and surgical specialties. We also have a 6 bedded high dependency unit. Our Health Care Support Workers (HCSWs) are valuable members of our team in supporting registered Nurses and delivering high standards of holistic, family-centered care.

• All applicants must be aged 16+
• Resident in the UK/EEA for the last three consecutive years
• Must not have a qualification in a similar subject at the same level or above
• Must not be in any form of formal government-funded education at the start of their apprenticeship

• Good general standard of education
• 4 GCSEs at grade D/3 or above (or equivalent), subject to job specification
• Good standard of literacy and numeracy
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Good IT skills

Full time: 37.5 hours per week

Buxton is a 33-bed ward caring for children from all medical and surgical specialties as well as on our HDU unit. You will carry out observations for babies and older children, support feeding, washing and dressing patients, and provide support to families around the child. We offer training to extend knowledge and skills in patient care, and opportunities to become a link for areas of particular interest to gain experience and disseminate learning to colleagues.

Jenny Lind Children’s Hospital includes the Children’s ED, Children’s Assessment Unit, Children’s Day Ward, NICU, and Outpatients. Successful candidates may experience work across these areas during induction and probation and may redeploy as needed to meet clinical requirements. This role provides the opportunity to develop skills in caring for children and delivering high‑quality family-centered care.

If you share a passion for providing the best possible care to children and families, and want to work in a collaborative team, we would like to hear from you.

Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff. The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing acute care for around one million people. It is a teaching and research hospital, home to facilities such as the Quadram Institute, and collaborates with the University of East Anglia.

We offer a full range of NHS benefits and additional benefits including flexible working hours, fast-track staff physiotherapy, on-site nursery and cafes, salary sacrifice schemes, and more.

Date posted: 13 January 2026

Salary: £14,722 a year per annum

Contract:

Apprenticeship

Duration: 14 months

Working pattern:
Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number: 234-25-C1212

Job location:

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, NR4 7UY

• To accurately and promptly carry out the instructions of the Registered Nurse (RN) who is professionally accountable for the delivery of care.
• To deliver care and carry out duties as specified within the Trust’s Approved core task list for Healthcare Assistants.
• To report to RN any patient who gives cause for concern or any observed changes in the patient’s condition.
• To respond appropriately to clinical emergencies to ensure the patient receives appropriate care.
• To participate in the admission process under the supervision of RN.
• Provide and deliver a high standard of individualized personal nursing care.
• To report all care given to patients within the team to an RN.
• To accurately document all care delivered to patients, countersigned by an RN, maintaining confidentiality at all times.
• To assist in the preparation of patients and equipment for treatment, investigations or procedures as directed by the RN.
• To keep the clinical area clean and tidy, maintaining a safe environment.

Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.

Please note that this advertised position, part of occupation code 6131, does not meet UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa.…