Candace Miller with David Lammas. Apprentices’ abilities and dedication need to not be underestimated or undervalued, says Miller. Photograph: Graham Whitby-Boot/Nationwide Skills Academy for Wellness
Like all new recruits on their initial day, I would been informed to turn up “appropriately dressed and to be prepared for something”. My assignment was to stick to the footsteps of a 17-12 months-previous apprentice in the assistance services team at one of London’s best recognized and busiest NHS trusts, Guy’s and St Thomas’. Understanding that I may possibly require to slip on a uniform or sterile apron, I decided to exchange my usual businesswear for casual clothes and wise, flat sneakers!
I was met by the impeccably turned out, award-winning apprentice, David Lammas, who is operating in direction of a degree two certificate in support solutions in healthcare. I was instantaneously bowled more than by his apparent competence and professional manner.
David’s placement at Guy’s and St Thomas’, which started out last July, has brought him to the hospital’s inspiring Simon Hotel, accommodation made to provide a safe and soothing non-clinical atmosphere for individuals (both pre or post treatment method) and households supporting a relative.
David explained that if the group caring for a patient feels they no longer need to have to stay on a health care ward – but nonetheless requirements to remain near to the hospital for adhere to up care – the “lodge” offers the perfect half-way house.
He told me all about the knowledge he had gained training with the hospital catering teams and the housekeeping division but it was his present admin position in accommodation services and manning the major reception desk at the Simon Hotel that was offering him a clear steer towards a career path he now would like to pursue in the overall health sector.
After a lot of years’ expertise in education, teaching and workforce growth, I never think I’ve witnessed such assured self confidence in a youthful individual and in this kind of a potentially demanding place. David was rapid to thank the help and encouragement he constantly receives from his team, as properly as this skilled hands-on education he feels he is so fortunate to obtain as component of his apprenticeship.
The Nationwide Skills Academy for Well being was officially launched last September and, alongside our very own apprentice training agency, we are right here to aid NHS trusts, and other healthcare companies, consider on apprentices. We aid to guide them via the red tape, which can sometimes be off-putting, and make certain they are securing the extremely best in training and qualifications for their new recruits.
With a genuine prospect of permanent employment at the finish of a twelve-month apprenticeship scheme, this exclusive form of coaching – exactly where you earn as you learn – is fast turning out to be a common option for college leavers across the United kingdom. Most current information published by the Division for Enterprise, Innovation and Abilities present there had been 520,600 apprenticeship starts in the 2011-12 academic 12 months – with well being and social care remaining the most well-known sector (67,020 new starts).
This underlines the truth that far more younger people are contemplating this route as a viable alternative to university. They inform us they are basically reluctant to take on the debt linked with three years of further education – often with no promise of a task at the finish. Other individuals just “want a break” from formal schooling or possibly want to get stuck into operate and start generating their way up the career ladder.
What grew to become clear to me however – following investing just one day with one particular of the 35 apprentices employed by Guy’s and St Thomas’ – is that their enthusiasm, expertise, insight and complete dedication to raising the standards of patient care need to not be underestimated or undervalued.
These younger apprentices are the workforce of the potential and organisations such as the NSA Health and hospital trusts must be harnessing and creating this kind of talent.
I often hear it said that having a young trainee getting into your workplace creates a real energy and buzz and assists to keep everybody on their toes.
We can learn from them as considerably as they will discover from us and our years of expertise. Certainly, what I learned from David is that there is no this kind of thing as a classic route into the workplace and by getting brave and stepping off the “sixth form, A-level, university” conveyor belt that he felt just was not proper for him, he is now thriving in a bespoke and rewarding education programme that he will leave certified, skilled and possibly a number of rungs further up than several of his contemporaries.
I loved my day shadowing David so a lot that I am now pledging to leave my desk and do it a lot more often – meeting and shadowing youthful apprentices from a variety of roles. And, I have invited David back to devote a day shadowing me, with the crew at NSA Overall health head workplace, the place he will sit in – and hopefully contribute to – some important meetings and comprehending how and why we make decisions and run factors the way we do.
Candace Miller is director of the National Skills Academy for Wellness
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What I discovered from shadowing a healthcare apprentice
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