Apprenticeships offer many fantastic benefits to everyone involved.
Becoming an apprentice allows you to earn a wage while studying towards a qualification and gaining valuable skills, confidence and experience. This can really help you to get a permanent job.
Our services and patients can also hugely benefit from apprentices, who can offer an extra pair of hands, fresh and innovative ideas, new skills and more.
Become an apprentice
Student nursing associate apprenticeship (SNA)
Applications have now closed for 2025 cohorts. We usually have two cohorts per year, March and September.
The nursing associate role bridges the gap between a support worker and a registered nurse, providing a workforce for future healthcare.
The programme is structured around a number of clinical placements which will include:
- Adult, child, mental health, and learning disability
- At home, close to home, and within the hospital
Please contact us to find out more about becoming an apprentice and the opportunities we have within our services:
Email: pcn-tr.apprentices@nhs.net
Apprentice readiness programmes
We run free online courses to help you prepare and apply for our popular healthcare support worker apprenticeship and nursing associate apprenticeship, with more information about the role, with hints and tips for your application form and interview.
Details of when our readiness programmes are running, can be found in the jobs events section of working for us. Register for one of the application support sessions.
Take on an apprentice
We would like to speak to any Pennine Care service managers interested in taking on an apprentice, or interested in finding out how an apprenticeship programme can benefit your service. Please contact us on the details above.