North Bristol NHS Trust

North Bristol NHS Trust is an NHS Hospital Trust based in Bristol that aims to deliver excellent clinical outcomes and a great experience for everyone who uses our services.

We have over 8,000 staff delivering healthcare across Southmead Hospital, Cossham Hospital, and Bristol Centre for enablement and within the local community of Bristol and South Gloucestershire.

Our aim is to provide our patients with best practice, high quality care and treatment that is comparable to the best in the world. We want to care for our patients in a safe environment and ensure that everyone has an outstanding experience.

We are a centre of excellence for health care in the South West in a number of fields as well as one of the largest hospital trusts in the UK with an annual turnover of £532 million.

Our commitment is that each patient is treated with respect and dignity and, most importantly of all, as a person. We treat some of the most difficult medical conditions, in an increasingly complex patient population.

Our vision is to be the provider of choice for patients needing our specialist care. We want to deliver innovative services with excellent clinical outcomes in the most appropriate setting for our patients.

‘We will realise the great potential of our organisation by empowering our skilled and caring staff to deliver high-quality, financially sustainable services in state of-the-art facilities. Clinical outcomes will be excellent and with a spirit of openness and candour we will ensure an outstanding experience for our patients.’

North Bristol NHS Trust has a Learning and Development team that delivers a range of education and training including apprenticeships. The team provides a high standard of occupational training and qualifications for healthcare support workers and other roles within the organisation. We also offer Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) to identify the individual learner's journey.

The team provides training for North Bristol NHS trust and has strong links with external organisations in the area to deliver their training needs. We share good practice and provide training to ensure a high quality of care and good customer satisfaction. The team comprises of qualified teachers who are occupationally knowledgeable and fit for practice in teaching and assessing.

We offer a range of apprenticeships and other qualifications.

• Care Certificate
• Healthcare,
• Business Admin,
• Customer Service
• Functional Skills, Maths English and ICT

We are also working to deliver a number of new apprenticeships including;

• Leadership and Management
• Healthcare Scientists

We also offer employability skills and work experience

• Traineeships
• Sector Based Academy

Schools and Colleges Work Experience