The Royal Navy - Medical Assistant Senior Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship Royal Navy
Being a Medical Assistant in the Royal Navy means embarking on a career that offers more variety and adventure than you’d ever experience in civilian medicine. From the day you join, you’ll gain new skills, pushing yourself to the limit in some unique and challenging environments.
This apprenticeship requires you to apply through the employer's website.
Apply nowClosing date: 01 Jun 2024
Apprenticeship summary
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Annual wage
£20,400.00
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Working week
Shifts to be confirmed, total hours per week: 40.00
Total hours per week: 40.0
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Expected duration
18 Months
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Possible start date
02 Jun 2024
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Date posted
25 May 2023
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Apprenticeship level
Advanced
Level 3 (A level) -
Reference number
VAC1000167897
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Positions
80 available
What will the apprentice be doing?
- Make a real difference to some essential operations. That might mean being the only medic on board ship, and taking responsibility for the general healthcare of an entire crew. This could include patient assessment and coordination of care, infection prevention and control, and supporting specialist senior healthcare support workers in their duties
- Use your medical expertise where it’s needed most, providing primary healthcare to trauma victims in conflict zones all over the world
- When you’re not on deployment you will be working in a Royal Navy shore base or even with the Royal Marines. There’s no equivalent civilian role, so you’ll gain all the skills you need
- Work across all medical departments, learning directly from specialists in a number of different fields. You could be training with Special Forces in West Africa, or working in primary care on board a ship in the Persian Gulf
What training will the apprentice take and what qualification will the apprentice get at the end?
By the end of your training you will be a qualified Medical Assistant (Senior Healthcare Support Worker).
You’ll start your naval career as an Able Rate.
Training and development continues throughout your career with the Royal Navy. It takes place in two distinct environments: at onshore training facilities and on-board operational ships.
When you join you complete 10 weeks of basic naval training, followed by 40 weeks of specialist training at Defence Medical Services (DMS) Wittington, broken down into classroom lessons and placements.
During lessons you will learn:
- First Aid at Work
- Be given an insight into primary health care, pharmacy, environmental health, medical administration and other essential skills needed to be a Medical Assistant
Once you have gained the underpinning knowledge you will then undertake a 6 week clinical work based placement in various locations around the UK. On completion you will return to DMS Wittington to undertake Royal Navy single service training consisting of 7 weeks learning the specific and vital skills required of a Medical Assistant with the Royal Navy. This is followed by placements in primary and secondary healthcare facilities in various locations around the UK lasing for 11 weeks. Finally, you will return to DMS Wittington for a period of consolidation before graduating and being assigned to a Medical centre or a Ship.
What is the expected career progression after this apprenticeship?
If you show the right commitment, skills and academic ability, you could become a Commissioned Officer. Members of the Royal Navy are promoted on merit. Work hard and you can rise through the ranks.
Requirements and prospects
Desired skills and personal qualities
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About the employer
Employer
Royal Navy
https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/careers
Address
Navy Command HQ
The Admiral Sir Henry Leach Building
Portsmouth
PO2 8BY
Training
Training provider
ROYAL NAVY
Apprenticeship standard
Senior healthcare support worker
Level 3 (A level)
Employer's Application Instructions
A job in the Naval Service means adventure, camaraderie – and lifelong prospects. Every day you make a difference. And no two days are the same. You could be policing the world's oceans, delivering humanitarian aid when natural or man-made disasters strike. Or you could be deployed in combat. No matter what job you do, you'll be a key part in operations around the world. Are you ready to go places?
This apprenticeship requires you to apply through the employer's website.
Apply nowClosing date: 01 Jun 2024