UHDB’s commitment to educating and offering career opportunities to young people in the community has been acknowledged with an award.
The Trust has worked closely with Derby College for nearly 20 years and launched the Derby Academy back in 2015 to give students aged 16-19 the opportunity to gain an insight and experience of working in our hospitals.
Two years ago, 21-year-old Anum Nawaz from Burton joined the team in A&E at Queen’s Hospital Burton as a Trainee Healthcare Assistant on an 18 month apprenticeship scheme.
A former nightclub bouncer has made the incredible journey from working on the doors to helping save people’s lives in Theatres as a key member of our robotic surgery team at Royal Derby Hospital. Pam Higginbottom first joined UHDB as a Healthcare Assistant (HCA) six years ago and has spent the last two years training to become an Assistant Theatre Practitioner (ATP) in Urology – following more than two decades in the hospitality industry.
The first cohort of Health Care Assistant (HCAs) students have enrolled onto a new MSc Nursing Degree Apprenticeship at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton.