Apprentice Assistant Practitioner in Diagnostic Imaging (MRI)
| Posting date: | 09 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,169 - £29,114 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 June 2025 |
| Location: | Ipswich, IP4 5PD |
| Company: | Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Apprenticeship |
| Job reference: | 7201940/432-HR189-25 |
Summary
A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our trust as an Apprentice Assistant Practitioner in Diagnostic Imaging (MRI) and supporting in a university course which commences in September 2025.
This post will be at Ipswich Hospital.
We are one of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia and our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
You will be joining a dynamic, friendly and highly skilled team who value the assistant practitioner role and will make sure there are good opportunities for you to develop and enhance your clinical skills.
You will be working as part of the team to provide a high quality, responsive diagnostic service delivering excellent patient care in line with the hospital’s core values.
You must have excellent communication and prioritization skills. High standards of care, compassion, dignity and privacy of patients should be at the forefront of all that you deliver. You must be committed to both personal development and that of the service and have an innovative attitude.
You will join the training programme delivered by Derby University as distance learning to achieve the Level 5 Assistant Practitioner. For this role you will need to work full time, 37.5 hours per week.
It will take approximately 2 years to complete this apprenticeship during which time you will participate in training, development and on-going review activities. These will include:
• Completing supernumerary practice and theory hours
• Formal programmes of lectures, seminars and workshops
• Completion of portfolios, essays, reflective accounts and projects
• Access to learning facilities and resources
• Participation of 3 monthly tripartite meetings with trust & HEI
You will be expected to complete a portfolio of evidence to demonstrate your learning and skills in practice in accordance with the apprenticeship standard. Working under the direction of registered practitioners within multidisciplinary teams you will assist in the provision of care and support, meeting the care needs of the users of the service.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you
Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Monday 26 May 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our trust as an Apprentice Assistant Practitioner in Diagnostic Imaging (MRI) and supporting in a university course which commences in September 2025.
This post will be at Ipswich Hospital.
We are one of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia and our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
You will be joining a dynamic, friendly and highly skilled team who value the assistant practitioner role and will make sure there are good opportunities for you to develop and enhance your clinical skills.
You will be working as part of the team to provide a high quality, responsive diagnostic service delivering excellent patient care in line with the hospital’s core values.
You must have excellent communication and prioritization skills. High standards of care, compassion, dignity and privacy of patients should be at the forefront of all that you deliver. You must be committed to both personal development and that of the service and have an innovative attitude.
You will join the training programme delivered by Derby University as distance learning to achieve the Level 5 Assistant Practitioner. For this role you will need to work full time, 37.5 hours per week.
It will take approximately 2 years to complete this apprenticeship during which time you will participate in training, development and on-going review activities. These will include:
• Completing supernumerary practice and theory hours
• Formal programmes of lectures, seminars and workshops
• Completion of portfolios, essays, reflective accounts and projects
• Access to learning facilities and resources
• Participation of 3 monthly tripartite meetings with trust & HEI
You will be expected to complete a portfolio of evidence to demonstrate your learning and skills in practice in accordance with the apprenticeship standard. Working under the direction of registered practitioners within multidisciplinary teams you will assist in the provision of care and support, meeting the care needs of the users of the service.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you
Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Monday 26 May 2025