Apprenticeship Standards for the NHS
NHS Trusts and other healthcare organisations can take advantage of the following NHS apprenticeships:
- Business admin (including a specialist medical pathway)
- Management
- Accounting
- Legal
- Customer service
Damar Training’s work with NHS Trusts has included:
- Working in partnership with Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust to design and implement their youth academy programme, which allowed the rust to recruit apprentices into customer service and medical administration roles, as well as support existing staff within the Trust.
- Launching a management programme with Stockport NHS Trust, across levels 3 and 5. This was offered out to individuals in both clinical and non-clinical roles across a number of bands, including some aspiring managers.
- Working in partnership with Manchester Foundation Trust, an employer-provider, to deliver apprenticeship training in management and medical administration.
Interested in NHS apprenticeships for new or existing staff?
Benefits to your NHS Trust
Apprenticeships have been proven to bring many benefits to NHS Trusts such as reducing skill shortages, minimising staff turnover, increasing diversity and improving the patient experience. In addition, apprentices can:
- Increase admin support, freeing up time for clinical staff
- Complete projects to drive real service improvements
- Inject fresh ideas and new ways of working
- Create a more positive and productive working environment.
The Damar Difference
Our apprenticeships have many unique features which maximise the benefits of apprenticeship training for healthcare organisations:
- We have extensive experience in working with healthcare organisations, including the NHS.
- We are able to match each apprentice with the most relevant coaches and subject specialists to help them achieve their full potential.
- We offer an account managed service, with employers able to view and track the progress of all of their apprentices.
- We provide the opportunity for apprentices to engage with each other, through the use of group workshops and discussion forums.
- Our people: An experienced team to support and empower you your apprentice, ensure they achieve the qualification and have an impact on organisation.
- Our processes: Our one-team approach offers a seamless enrolment and onboarding process, which leads into carefully planned, manageable chunks of learning.
- Our systems: Our engaging and accessible systems include OneFile, Profiler, Damar OpenLearning and our apprentice forums.
“Our apprentice has successfully embedded a new way of working across the acute site. The new process gives greater oversight for the bed manager and the patient flow team at weekends. The work our apprentice has done here is something that we have been trying to achieve for two years.”
Kate Davenport
Directorate Manager – Discharge & Acute Therapies
Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
Apprenticeship Delivery
The delivery method of NHS apprenticeships can vary according to the needs of the apprentice, the employer and the qualification. We use a blended delivery model which combines 1:1 and group workshops and meetings with a Damar coach and subject specialists, with online learning, webinars and e-tutorials delivered via our virtual learning environment, Damar OpenLearning. This gives apprentices access to more specialist teaching content and the flexibility to access content when at times that suit them and the employer.
People of all ages and educational backgrounds can generally undertake NHS apprenticeships, but there are specific requirements for some apprenticeship standards. The employer and the training provider must also ensure that the apprenticeship will allow the individual to gain substantive new skills and knowledge.
Employers that pay the Apprenticeship Levy are able to pay all of the training costs from their Apprenticeship Levy account.
Employers that do not pay the levy pay just 5% of the overall cost for apprentices aged 22 and over, with the government paying the balance. Where non-levy payers have apprentices aged 21 and under, the government funds the training up to the funding band maximum.
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