Preceptorship and Careers

Preceptorship

The transition to professional practice is an exciting and challenging time. You will be able to positively contribute to outstanding patient care by utilising your knowledge, skills and professional behaviours within your designated clinical setting. We encourage you to use your professional development to make a difference in practice. Our Preceptorship Programme will provide a supportive and guiding framework for your transition into practice and help you to build your experience and confidence.

St Andrews Healthcare has developed a new programme that is supported over a 12 month period. Typically most new registrants will complete the preceptorship within 12 months, however St Andrews Healthcare does have a fast track process for those who can demonstrate previous experience/qualifications comparable to a registrant level.  Importantly our programme is multi-professional and enables both Nurses and AHPs to share their experiences, expertise and learning.

It’s important to us that you enjoy a genuinely interesting, fulfilling career at St Andrew’s Investing in the development of our nurses is key to raising our standards even higher.

We want to make the most of your potential by giving you the chance to take control of your own future. We’d love you to become a shining example of what a nurse can be in your specialist field.

 

Structured support

You’ll be supported, supervised and developed in practice, either through our charity-wide competency-based preceptorship programme or our extensive learning and development prospectus.

 

Degrees & qualifications

There are opportunities to undergo a ‘top-up’ degrees and gain a masters level education – we’ve supported many ambitious nurses in this way.

 

Aspire – from HCA to nurse

Our ‘Aspire’ programme supports 20 members of staff to gain a nursing degree supported by a £17,000 per year bursary.  Aspire recognises motivated and talented individuals who are keen to develop both personally and professionally.  The Aspire Programme is an initiative which provides both financial and pastoral support. It provides St Andrews Healthcare staff support to study for a degree & qualify in either Mental Health (MH) or Learning Disability (LD) Nursing. We have a specialised admissions procedure with the University of Northampton which allows people to enter at Year 2 of the BSc. following successful completion of academic and NMC requirements; however applications are also supported from students attending alternative Universities when St Andrews Healthcare staff have a confirmed place in Year 1 of their Nursing degree – (BSc or MSc pre-reg).

There are currently over 60 St Andrew’s people at various stages of their academic journey.

 

Becoming a St Andrew’s Nurse

We think that St Andrew’s Nurses stand out for their healthcare knowledge, their advanced clinical skills and their values, dedication and professionalism.

How do you know if you fit the profile? Because you’re passionate about what you do. Because you want to offer world-class expertise, service and care. And because you want to keep improving as a professional.

You’re someone who communicates well with patients, carers and colleagues. You have the courage to stand up and speak out for what is right. You’re also proud of your profession and what nurses can achieve.

You can also tell if you are a fit for St Andrew’s if you share our values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence, as well as the Chief Nursing Officer’s ‘6Cs’ – care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment.