Health and Public Services apprenticeships
Supporting your organisation with our expertise. Apprenticeships offer a cost-effective way to up-skill your staff, allowing them to apply theoretical learning to the workplace on an ongoing basis.
We build strong relationships with organisations to create courses that enable our apprentices to take on the challenges of today’s working world. Our staff are highly skilled and effectively support apprentices to achieve the required knowledge, skills and behaviours.
We have invested heavily in our campus and have state-of-the-art simulation facilities that enable our apprentices to acquire in-depth skills and understanding of their chosen occupation, whilst using the latest technologies.
Our employer partnerships are key to the success of our apprenticeships, as recognised in our 2019 OFSTED inspection: ‘Partnerships with employers and key stakeholders are highly effective’. These partnerships ensure that apprenticeships are in occupational areas where there is a shortage of trained staff and meet skills needs both locally and nationally.
The University offers a wide range of apprenticeship programmes from undergraduate Level 5 through to postgraduate Level 7.
Each programme has its own entry requirements and funding band, ensuring apprentices gain the specialist knowledge and professional skills required by employers.
Our flexible delivery model is designed around the needs of both apprentices and employers. Programmes include:
- Day-release learning
- Block teaching
- Online learning
- Workplace-based learning
This flexible approach enables apprentices to apply their learning directly within the workplace while balancing their professional responsibilities.
Assessment methods vary by programme and may include examinations, coursework, presentations and practical assessments.
Podiatry
BSc (Hons) Podiatry (Podiatrist Degree Apprenticeship) - The degree apprenticeship provides a new route for developing and retaining the future podiatry workforce that is complementary to the academic route, ensuring that graduating apprentices are competent podiatrists able to meet the future needs of employers.
Public Health
BSc (Hons) Public Health Practitioner (Public Health Practitioner Degree Apprenticeship) - The degree apprenticeship provides a new route for developing and retaining the future public health workforce that is complementary to the academic route, ensuring that graduating apprentices are competent Public Health Practitioners able to meet the future needs of employers.
Student Nursing Associate
FdSc Student Nursing Associate (Nursing Associate Higher Apprenticeship) - The apprenticeship will train Nursing Associates to work independently, and as part of the healthcare team, delivering care in a range of primary, secondary, community and social care settings. Apprentices will learn to deliver hands-on care, focusing on ensuring patients continue to get the compassionate care they deserve.
Physiotherapy
BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy (Physiotherapist Degree Apprenticeship) - The apprenticeship will provide apprentices with the knowledge and skills required by physiotherapists to provide evidence-based healthcare. Our physiotherapy graduates have excellent problem-solving skills, they are technically proficient, professionally aware and as such, move seamlessly into graduate practice.
Advanced Clinical Practice
MSc Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Advanced Clinical Practitioner Degree Apprenticeship) - The Advanced Clinical Practitioner Master’s Degree Apprenticeship is a programme for experienced Health Professionals who wish to advance their professional practise to independently manage holistic episodes of physical and mental healthcare in a range of settings.
Specialist Community Public Health Nurse
PgDip Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) (Degree Apprenticeship) - The apprenticeship has been designed to support registered nurses to develop advanced skills and knowledge in their chosen pathway within integrated community care. Pathways available:
Community Nurse Specialist Practitioner
PgDip Community Nursing Specialist Practitioner (CNSP) (Degree Apprenticeship) - This programme will prepare you to be a leader in your area of specialism with skills and knowledge in quality improvement, caseload management, team leadership, and working as part of a complex health and social care system. Pathways include: General Practice Nurse, Adult Social Care, District Nursing, Learning Disability Nursing, Children's Community Nursing.
Occupational therapist
BSc Occupational Therapy is a client-centred profession concerned with promoting health and wellbeing through occupation. This means occupational therapists support people to participate in what they want, need, and are expected to do, by modifying the occupation and/or the environment to maximise health and wellbeing.
Registered nurse
BSc (Hons) Nursing / RN Adult (Degree Apprenticeship) - This three-year course equips apprentices with the skills and knowledge necessary to deliver and promote holistic care of mental and physical health.
Nursing Associate Pathway
BSc (Hons) Nursing / Nursing Associate Pathway (Adult Nursing)- This course is delivered full-time over 18 months, with an additional month to complete the Apprenticeship Assessment Plan (previously called the End Point Assessment).
Graduate Certificate Enhanced Practice
Apprentice success studies
We have welcomed many apprentices to the University across a range of courses such as Podiatry, Nursing, Biomedical Science and Physiotherapy. Our apprentices have excelled on their chosen apprenticeship and gained valuable skills and experience to progress their careers.
Find out how our apprentices balance their studies alongside their work and what advice they would give to others considering an apprenticeship.
- Beth Richardson – BSc (Hons) Podiatry
- Jim McGlynn – BSc (Hons) Public Health Practitioner
- Neil Minguad – BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy
- Jacki Turner – BSc (Hons) Podiatry
Discover how our apprentices balance work with university study, develop their professional skills and progress their careers while making a valuable contribution to their organisations.
Get In touch
If you're interested in developing your workforce through apprenticeships, we're here to help.
Whether you're exploring apprenticeship funding, looking to recruit new apprentices or upskill existing employees, our team can guide you through every stage of the process.
Email: apprenticeships@salford.ac.uk
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