Our staff are as important to us as the care we give to our patients. That’s why we’re committed to ensuring that opinions and ideas are valued and implemented as much as possible.
It’s because of this we’ve featured in the top 20% of all trusts nationally for our staff engagement scores in the annual staff survey for the last 3 years.
We make sure the right support is available to you for development and training. Our Practice development team offers support to all registered practitioners and newly qualified nurses at the Trust. We run a 12-month preceptorship programme, where all newly registered nurses are allocated a mentor with lots of experience and who’ll guide and help staff in their new role.
The Trust is also happy to support Return to Practice Nurses.
In addition we have the Band 5 Nurse development programme that helps develop staff even further.
As our Trust's values are so crucial to the way we work every day, we're really keen to hear from candidates who will demonstrate them when joining our team.
View a selection of videos created by the SWFT Recruitment Team. Through these videos, you'll gain insights into the diverse range of job roles available within our Trust, as well as hear first hand recommendations from our dedicated staff regarding the benefits of working here.
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust are happy to support Return to Practice Nurses by offering clinical placements (where available) in; acute medicine, general surgery, elective and trauma orthopaedics and community hospitals/settings.
Prospective students need to apply to Coventry University hscu.
The programme provides the opportunity for Nurses or Health Visitors, whose registration has lapsed after a break in practice of three years or more, to return to practice with proficiency and confidence.
For more information please access the Coventry University website.
We also offer a range of apprenticeships.
What is an Apprenticeship?
An apprenticeship is no longer focused on the ages 16-24 years old, it is now open to people of all ages with varied levels of previous qualifications and combines academic learning with work based practical application in a job through a work-based training programme.
You will be employed by the trust with a salary and the opportunity to gain qualifications whilst you work. Apprenticeship qualifications now range from level 2 to level 6/7 degree/masters.
Apprenticeships are no longer age restricted and in some cases can attract additional funding to support the learner. As long as you don’t hold a qualification in the same subject and have the required qualification to apply you could be eligible to apply.
The Apprenticeship levy
In May 2017 the government introduced the new apprenticeship levy. This meant employers who earn over £3 million a year are taxed 0.5% of their PAYE bill each month which goes into a levy digital account fund. This can only be spent on apprenticeships training.
As a trust we pay the levy and are working towards the best way to utilize our digital account fund by ensuring we maximize the opportunities apprenticeship training can have for our staff and the Trust and ultimately our patients and services.
'Off the job’ Training
When completing an apprenticeship standard you will be required to demonstrate 20% off the job training. How this works and the level of qualification will establish how you undertake this 20%. The time is calculated over the duration of your apprenticeship and anything new you learn in a class or that isn’t part of your normal work activity can be seen as ‘off the job’. This will mean for most people in the first few months of employment most of the skills you learn will be completely new and ‘off the job’.
Why choose us?
Here at South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust we want to help kick start your NHS career and develop that with us. The end of 2017 meant a new apprenticeship team was launched and we work closely with other teams to support apprentices during the completion of their diploma’s here at SWFT, along with training providers. Some of the benefits of becoming an apprentice with us include:
- Earning a wage whilst you gain a qualification
- Learn knowledge and skills relating to the job
- Get Student discounts with an NUS Apprenticeship Extra Card
- Make new friends
- Training in the skills employers want
- Paid holiday
- Excellent career progression opportunities
If you would like more information on becoming an apprentice please email or telephone us and the apprenticeship team will be happy to discuss anything with you.
Where can I find the apprenticeships you are advertising?
You can find all our career opportunities via this ‘Careers page’ or you can search NHS jobs website.
If you wish to discuss anything with our apprenticeship team regarding the posts please email us at apprenticeships
The Postgraduate Medical Education Department provides education, training and support to junior doctors working at Warwick Hospital. We have two dedicated Education Centres which have library, simulation and clinical skills facilities, as well as training rooms. We are here to support and help you during your placements with us.
Below is a list of our current foundation placements at Warwick Hospital.
Anaesthetics
F1 Acute Internal Medicine
F1 Cardiology
F1 Dermatology - Pathology
F1 Emergency Medicine
F1 Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus
F1 Gastroenterology
F1 General Surgery - Breast
F1 General Surgery - Colorectal
F1 Geriatric Medicine
F1 Haematology
F1 Paediatrics
F1 Respiratory Medicine
F1 Trauma and Orthopaedics
F1 Urology
F2 Acute Internal Medicine
F2 Emergency Medicine
F2 Gastroenterology
F2 Respiratory Medicine
F2 Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust are happy to support Return to Practice for Allied Health Professionals by offering clinical placements and support (where available) in acute and community settings.
Prospective returnees should contact Health Education England Return to Practice: allied health professionals, healthcare scientists and practising psychologists | Health Education England (hee.nhs.uk) to register interest which will give you and the organisation opportunity to apply for funding which supports your journey.
We have a number of vacancies across the Trust at any one time.
Following investment in some of our services, we have vacancies in a number of our nursing teams at Warwick Hospital. Ideally these roles will suit people with an interest in medical and surgical roles, working with a range of patients and patient conditions.
We are also recruiting for a number of nursing positions across our community services throughout North and South Warwickshire.
For most of our roles you’ll need to attend an assessment centre. These are held monthly and dates for them are in the individual job adverts.