Job Description
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is offering the opportunity for individuals to apply to join our Registered Allied Healthcare Professional (AHP) Apprenticeship. This year we are looking to recruit Physiotherapy Apprentices. This is a work-based course and a four year education program, working towards becoming a Registered AHP with a BSc Hons Degree. The course combines work-based and academic learning between BCHC and the University.
As an Apprentice you will be based, as a paid employee, within BCHC. Whilst you will be allocated to one specific area, you will experience working across both internal and external placements in partnership with local acute & community Trusts in the Birmingham & Solihull area to gain an appreciation of the different areas of local healthcare service and meet the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) requirements.
Ordinarily, attendance is expected one day per week at University with the remaining days of the week at the work base. You will also have some time on clinical placement within other Trusts / clinical areas.
On successful completion of the apprenticeship you will be able to join the HCPC register as a registered AHP
- Applications are welcomed from those aged 18 years or over
- Internal applicants will be seconded to this post.
- Hours - Full time position
- If applying as an A-Level student, your predicted grades must be at a level acceptable for the course and, if successful at inerview, any offer of employment would be conditional on you achieving the requisite grades.
IMPORTANT
- Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process
- Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address
- Please be aware that BCHC utilises a third party recruitment system (TRAC). When applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into TRAC and any correspondence will be sent via TRAC. We advise that you check your junk/spam emails.
For internal applicants a secondment form will need to be completed prior to interview. If this is not agreed and completed we can not progress any further with the application.
Minimum academic requirements:
- Level 2 orGCSE/IGCSE maths, English language and science grades A*-C/9-4.
- Demonstration of recent, academic study at Level 3 or above,typically 3 A-levels at grade profile BBB (or predicted grades if applying in A Level year), BTECGrade profile of DDMfrom one of the following subjects: applied science, applied human biology, health and social care, sports and exercise scienceor Access to Higher Education Diploma in Health, Social Care or the Human Sciences. Minimum 128 UCAS Points
Registered Physiotherapy posts will be offered to Apprentices, on successful completion of the course and registration with HCPC.