Career Development and Apprenticeship Practitioner: Sponsorship Available

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

To support the Career Development and Apprenticeship Team in the delivery and evaluation of the Care Certificate and Care Certificate Supervisor programmes to meet service priorities and quality standards. To deliver training on the level 2 and 3 healthcare apprenticeships. Being able to teach, assess in practice and mark work in line with apprenticeship standard requirements.

To support with work experience programmes and provide pastoral support to candidates in practice including T levels and BTech students.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will have up to date experience in a hospital setting delivering care. A foundation degree in health or equivalent teaching qualification is required.

They will have experience in delivering clinical education or have had a mentorship/ supervisory role in practice. They will be familiar with the Care Certificate induction and its standards and be able to teach new support staff on induction to the hospital, including resuscitation and vital signs.

Microsoft skills will be required to enable them to plan lessons and create PowerPoint presentations for teaching . Delivery of the level 2 and level 3 healthcare apprenticeship teaching and assessing will be part of this role so having the TAQA qualification would be essential.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Maths and English at GCSE GRADE C/4 or Level 2 Functional skills.
  • Level 5 foundation degree in health or equivalent relevant teaching qualification.
  • Teaching and assessing qualification for apprenticeships (TAQA)

Desirable

  • Care Certificate Supervisor or mentor

Experience

Essential

  • Recent acute clinical experience within a hospital setting.
  • Ability to teaching a skill
  • Supervision in practice

Desirable

  • Clinical teaching experience
  • Experience of coordinating staff

Skills

Essential

  • Sound presentation skills
  • Up to date knowledge of healthcare related conditions
  • Awareness of the Care certificate standards
  • Ability to teach
  • Ability to use Microsoft software to develop teaching resources e.g. PowerPoint presentations.

Desirable

  • Familiar with creating lesson plans
  • Able to give constructive feedback

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 20 September 2026

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