nursing associate Review

Item: nursing associate at NHS Cambridge University Hospitals
Rating: 2.1
Author: Anonymous

at NHS Cambridge University Hospitals

Higher Level Apprenticeship

Healthcare

Cambridge

Review Submitted: April 2025

Overall Rating

2.1 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

1.5/5 - Overview of Role

2/5 - Skills Development

2/5 - Structure and Support

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

1/5

Watching drug rounds, attending university, helping with dressings, personal care, obs, escalation

To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

2/5

the support from university, working on the job

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

2/5

different drugs, dressings, escalation

Structure and Support

How well organised/structured is your programme?

1/5

within the university it is brilliant - at CUH it is not as organised, most staff are unaware of the roll and how to help us learn with minimal help from management on education to them

How much support do you receive from your employer?

1/5

not enough

How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?

3/5

lots of people in different departments to help us in the correct way

How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?

2/5

the on the job training gives real experience and exposure but my role isn't widely known which impacts my learning immensely

Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)

3/5

n/a

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend NHS Cambridge University Hospitals to a friend?

Why?

unfortunately cuh have stopped doing the "top up degree" which was ultimately my final goal, i was not made aware of this and was only found out once starting the first half, this has then halted my future learning