Health Education England (HEE) last week announced the test sites that will deliver the second wave of training for the new nursing associate role.
CHFT will be a one of 24 sites across England that deliver training for the nursing associate role.
Anbd the good news internal recruitment will begin shortly so for more information contact Michelle Bamforth our workforce assurance manager.
Michelle, said “It is with great delight that CHFT can confirm we have been successfully awarded an opportunity to be part of the national Nursing Associate test site scheme by Health Education England.24 sites across the country have been selected to deliver the training for over 1000 nursing associate roles. This new role will sit alongside existing nursing care support workers & fully qualified registered nurses to deliver hands on care to patient and help build capacity & capability of the health and social care workforce.
"This is a great opportunity for the Trust and indeed the staff to be involved in this exciting project”.
Twenty four sites across the country have been selected to deliver the training over two years for 1,000 nursing associates role in this exciting new role that will sit alongside existing nursing care support workers and fully-qualified registered nurses to deliver hands-on care for patients. The training will start in 2017.
The role will bridge the gap between health and care support workers, who have a care certificate, and graduate registered nurses and offers opportunities for health care assistants to progress into nursing roles.
The sites bring together a wide range of organisations including educational institutions, care homes, acute, community and mental health trusts and hospices, representing the variety of places where Nursing Associates will provide care for patients.
Professor Ian Cumming, Chief Executive, HEE, said “We are at a pivotal point in determining what the future nursing and care workforce needs to look like for now and in the years to come. I passionately believe that this new role will help build the capacity and capability of the health and social care workforce and allow high quality care to be delivered to a diverse and ageing population. Over the last few months we’ve seen widespread support for such a role – we will now move swiftly to make this role a reality and a success.”
The first wave of 1,000 Nursing Associates will start their training journey shortly.
To read more on the announced test sites click here
To find out more about the role of Nursing Associate click here
Workforce assurance manager,