Nursing associate
Nursing associates work across adult, children’s, mental health and learning disability nursing to support our healthcare support workers and registered nurses to deliver care.
The two-year LLR Trainee Nurse Associate Programme will help you to develop your skills and advance your knowledge to become a qualified nursing associate and is a steppingstone to becoming a registered nurse.
This programme is for you if:
- You are in a substantive healthcare assistant post and want to develop your skills and advance your knowledge.
- You have achieved functional skills level 2 in maths and English (or equivalent) or GCSE grade C/4 or above in maths and English
- You work a minimum of 30 hours per week
How we can help you achieve this role
The Trainee Nurse Associate Programme is run in partnership with University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) and De Montfort University (DMU) as the awarding body.
Development opportunities
- Nursing Associate Level 5 (two years)
- Support for you to access nurse education
- Post-graduate modules/programmes
- Edward Jenner Leadership Programme/ILM Level 3
- We Nurture – talent management programme
- Coaching and mentoring
Next steps
Qualified nursing associates can go on to train as a registered nurse by putting their training towards a shortened nursing degree or registered nurse degree apprenticeship.