Public Health Practitioner (Apprentice) | North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 20 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £46,580 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 September 2025 |
| Location: | Trust wide / agile, BL1 5DD |
| Company: | North West Ambulance Service |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7432241/242-4784 |
Summary
Public Health Practitioner (Apprentice)
• Main area: Medical Directorate
• Grade: Band 6 pa
• Contract: Fixed term until 30thSeptember 2028
• Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
• Site: Trust wide/agile
Supporting the delivery of the Trust’s public health strategy to ensure that ill health prevention and health promotion are part of core frontline service delivery, working on projects to deliver improvements in population health and reduction of health inequalities in the context of urgent and emergency care.
The post holder will enrol on a three-year, Level 6 Apprenticeship on Public Health Practice at the University of Salford.
Please refer toAnnex 21 of Agenda for change. As an apprentice, you will receive 60% of the pay band maximum for the qualified rate for the first 12 months. This will increase by 5% each year as explained in Agenda for Change terms and conditions. However, for staff from NWAS and wider NHS Trusts, please refer toApprenticeship pay guidance and FAQs | NHS Employers.
For internal candidates, the possibility of a secondment can be explored.
The Public Health Practitioner (Apprentice) will gain skills and experience, including in supporting the Public Health team with project design and project delivery, data collection and analysis, promotion and communication with staff, patients, system partners, and the wider public. The L6 Apprenticeship will be fully funded, with protected time provided as part of their role to complete studies.
You will be part of an evolving team developing our organisational capacity to work as an effective system partner to improve health and wellbeing, and to reduce health inequalities in the communities we serve. The post holder will report to the Public Health Manager and will work with multi-disciplinary teams from across NWAS and across system partners to support the delivery of NWAS public health strategical aims to reduce health inequalities. The role will also support the development and delivery of training to increase capacity and capability for public health across the Trust, and ensure projects and learning are widely disseminated.
The applicant should have a keen interest in Public Health, data, research, project management, and communications with a view to deliver health improvement and prevention projects, and to support embedding of Public Health practice across NWAS.
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust provides 24 hour, 365 days a year accident and emergency services to those in need of emergency medical treatment and transport.
Our highly skilled staff provide life-saving care to patients in the community and take people to hospital or a place of care if needed.
We also provide non-emergency patient transport services for those patients who require non-emergency transport to and from hospital and who are unable to travel unaided because of their medical condition or clinical need.
Alongside the other emergency services, we also work to ensure the safety of the public and treatment of patients in the event of a major incident.
We also deliver the NHS 111 service in the North West. NHS 111 replaced NHS Direct in 2013. This service was introduced to make it easier for people to access local NHS healthcare services in England. It provides non-emergency medical help fast, and is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Please refer to the Job Description & Person Specification document attached and ensure you have read the full document before applying for this role.
The Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy early if a large number of applications are received.
Successful candidates will need to be willing to travel across the entire North West footprint and occasionally further afield.
An informal conversation about this role and candidate suitability is strongly encouraged. Please refer to details on contact for informal queries below.
Once the job advert closes, we will ask for copiesof your Level 2 certificates for English and Mathematics as these are essential for the shortlisting process. Please ensure these are immediately available as your application will not be processed without confirmation.
This advert closes on Wednesday 3 Sep 2025