Care City has been awarded funding by the Rayne Foundation: Better Careers for Better Care Programme to work in partnership with care providers, the NHS and Local Authorities across North East London to create Nursing Associate and Assistant Practitioner roles employed by care providers, which work closely with nursing and AHP colleagues to increase capacity within the system. We have already identified care providers who will receive funding to host 4 job roles and we are seeking additional care providers who would like to host the following roles with associated funding support:
Qualified Assistant Practitioner
In Newham, the funding is to support a provider of Reablement Services to employ a Qualified Assistant Practitioner for a 12 month period.
You can find more information about the opportunity and how to express interest here.
Qualified Assistant Practitioner
Student Nursing Associate Apprentice
For Apprenticeships the funding will support selected care providers to create an Apprentice on 2-year programmes leading to registration as a Nursing Associate.
There is funding for one Student Nursing Associate Apprentice in each of the following boroughs:
- Havering
- Newham
- Tower Hamlets
- Waltham Forest
You can find more information about the opportunity and how to express interest here.
Student Nursing Associate Apprentice
We will be considering expressions of interest as they are submitted.
Expression of Interest
To meet the criteria for funding providers will need to:
- be providing services in the borough where the role is being created
- have a Good or Outstanding CQC rating
- provide all aspects of employment of the postholder including employment contract, PAYE, annual leave, sickness monitoring/management and general staff management and supervision
- have a good track record of working collaboratively with partners
- have the ability and capacity to participate in a project evaluation, including maintaining and sharing digital information with Care City
- support general project activities where relevant
If you are interested in progressing an application for one of these roles in your Borough, please complete this Expression of Interest form.