Employer case study: Fountain Medical Centre
Many medical practices across Nottinghamshire have taken advantage of Nottingham University Hospitals’ Apprenticeship Levy Transfer to fund their staff training; and Access Training has been on hand to make the process a smooth one.
As an organisation in England with an annual wage bill of more than £3 million, Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) automatically pays an Apprenticeship Levy which can fund training for new and existing staff, be they in clinical or non-clinical roles. There is also provision for these funds to be transferred to other organisations that might lack the financial resources to invest in apprenticeship training for existing staff or to take on new apprentices.
That was the case for Fountain Medical Centre, a small, busy practice based in Newark.
Here, Lisa Sandland-Taylor, Practice Manager, explains how Access Training helped her tap into NUH’s Apprenticeship Levy transfer, thereby developing staff skills in customer services, business administration and supervision.
“I was first introduced to this Levy transfer opportunity when I received an alert through the PCDC (Primary Care Development Centres) network. It included information from NUH’s apprenticeship partner Access Training, who had been asked to engage with potential recipients.
Helen Elliott, Business Relationship Manager at Access Training, supported me through the required application process via the Nottinghamshire Alliance Training Hub, and it wasn’t long before the funds had been pledged.
Without NUH’s transferred Levy funds, we would have been unable to put four members of our staff through apprenticeship training; an undertaking which would have cost our practice in the region of £4,000.
The benefits of the transfer have, however, been more than financial.
The apprenticeship programmes we have introduced have provided a structured approach to staff learning which we simply wouldn’t have had time to devise ourselves. Our staff will soon be qualified in a number of key areas, including Team Leader/Supervisor, Business Administration and Customer Service. The learning in each area will undoubtedly help the practice deliver the service its patients deserve.”
Helen Elliott, Business Relationship Manager at Access Training, adds,
“The management team at Fountain Medical Centre have shown real commitment in providing ample time for assignments and evidence gathering, making the staff learning experience as worthwhile as possible.
They are one of some 20 primary care centres who, over the last twelve months, have been supported by Access Training; either with apprenticeship training for their own staff or with the recruitment of new apprentices, in non-clinical areas such as team leading and supervision and clinical areas such as Adult Care."
As an organisation in England with an annual wage bill of more than £3 million, Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) automatically pays an Apprenticeship Levy which can fund training for new and existing staff, be they in clinical or non-clinical roles. There is also provision for these funds to be transferred to other organisations that might lack the financial resources to invest in apprenticeship training for existing staff or to take on new apprentices.
That was the case for Fountain Medical Centre, a small, busy practice based in Newark.
Here, Lisa Sandland-Taylor, Practice Manager, explains how Access Training helped her tap into NUH’s Apprenticeship Levy transfer, thereby developing staff skills in customer services, business administration and supervision.
“I was first introduced to this Levy transfer opportunity when I received an alert through the PCDC (Primary Care Development Centres) network. It included information from NUH’s apprenticeship partner Access Training, who had been asked to engage with potential recipients.
Helen Elliott, Business Relationship Manager at Access Training, supported me through the required application process via the Nottinghamshire Alliance Training Hub, and it wasn’t long before the funds had been pledged.
Without NUH’s transferred Levy funds, we would have been unable to put four members of our staff through apprenticeship training; an undertaking which would have cost our practice in the region of £4,000.
The benefits of the transfer have, however, been more than financial.
The apprenticeship programmes we have introduced have provided a structured approach to staff learning which we simply wouldn’t have had time to devise ourselves. Our staff will soon be qualified in a number of key areas, including Team Leader/Supervisor, Business Administration and Customer Service. The learning in each area will undoubtedly help the practice deliver the service its patients deserve.”
Helen Elliott, Business Relationship Manager at Access Training, adds,
“The management team at Fountain Medical Centre have shown real commitment in providing ample time for assignments and evidence gathering, making the staff learning experience as worthwhile as possible.
They are one of some 20 primary care centres who, over the last twelve months, have been supported by Access Training; either with apprenticeship training for their own staff or with the recruitment of new apprentices, in non-clinical areas such as team leading and supervision and clinical areas such as Adult Care."
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