Nursing Associate Apprenticeship

You will need to be employed for a minimum of 30 hours per week in a relevant role and have the support of your employer.

You must hold GCSEs at grade 4 (or C) or higher in GCSE English (either language or literature) and GCSE Maths. Other level 2 qualifications may be accepted and should be checked when applying.

Applicants will need to meet the required 80 tariff points which can come from a range of qualifications. Suitable applicants who do not meet the required tariff points may be asked to complete a 1000-word essay for consideration of suitability by Leeds Trinity University.

We also accept the Level 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship with an End Point Assessment grade of Distinction.

If English is not your first language and you have not been educated in the UK, you will need an IELTS academic score of 7.0 with a minimum of 7.0 in reading, listening and speaking and 6.5 in writing to meet NMC requirements.

The scores can come from two separate tests taken within 12 months of each other as long as you still meet these scores and the NMC minimum requirements.

Please contact our Admissions Office to discuss this in more detail.

This must be provided as part of the application for employment as a Nurse Associate.

All places are offered subject to satisfactory occupational health screening. Occupational health screening and assessment will consider your health and wellbeing as well as your fitness to study and practice. Progress on the course is dependent on your continued fitness.

All offers of places are made subject to satisfactory health clearance and an agreement to undergo appropriate blood tests and immunisations. The health clearance and any tests/immunisations will be organised by the employer.

The focus is on whether you have a health condition and/or disability which may affect your practice. This is because we need to be able to assess whether it puts the safety of people in your care at risk. When considering disclosure, it is important that you consider the impact of your health condition for both academic and placement settings.

We expect applicants to complete the occupational health questionnaire honestly. When we ask you to declare whether you have a health condition that could affect your fitness to practice, we are trusting you as a potential autonomous professional to make an informed and reasoned judgement about yourself in relation to others. If you do not fully disclose a relevant health issue that could affect your fitness to practice, this could impact your place on the course.

It is important to know that making a declaration about any health condition is a positive action which shows you have an awareness of the possible effect of your health on your ability to practice safely and effectively. Any recommendations that arise from the occupational health screening will be referred to the Fitness to Practice panel which comprises of Leeds Trinity University staff and the

Employer to determine if reasonable adjustments can be made. All referrals are treated on a case-by-case basis. 

Although the health assessment will be completed through the Employing organisation, the outcome will be shared with and recorded by the University.

Applicants who are offered a place and accept it must complete an Enhanced DBS check which will be done through the Employing organisation. This is because you may be required to work with children or vulnerable adults on your clinical placements. Students on nursing programmes will be asked to make an annual declaration of continued good character.

As DBS checks can only cover time spent in the UK, applicants who have spent time outside the UK may need to obtain an overseas police check of some kind from the country/countries in which they are now living or have lived. This means a police or criminal records background check from outside the UK; these will be called something different according to the country.

If you have lived or are living outside the UK, this condition applies regardless of your nationality or fee status. Broadly speaking, applicants included are:

Non-UK applicants (including residents of the Republic of Ireland and other EU countries, as well as overseas applicants). This applies even if you are not currently resident in your country of origin but have lived there recently.

UK applicants living abroad now or who have lived abroad recently. This requirement is in addition to your UK DBS check, not an alternative to it.

Applicants must disclose all cautions, convictions or conditional charges. Any disclosure or conviction received will be dealt with promptly, fairly, and lawfully by a panel made up of Leeds Trinity University staff and staff from the Employing organisation. Depending on the offence and the decision of the panel, the case could be further referred to the Fitness to Practice Panel for a final decision in line with NMC guidelines.

Although the DBS check will be completed through the Employing organisation, the outcome will be shared with and recorded by the University.

All students on the Nursing Associate will be asked to complete a self-declaration relating to health and character on entering the course and annually during the course.