Learner case study: Menuka Basnet
Celebrating Access Training’s 5,000th apprentice
|
“I joined NUH as a Health Care Assistant five years ago. It’s certainly hard work – with long shifts from 7am until 7.30pm – but I thoroughly enjoy caring for the patients in my charge. " |
For some 35 years, Access Training has been helping thousands of careers to flourish.
As the country battles the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s fitting that it is the health care sector where Access Training’s 5,000th apprentice learner has enrolled for study. Menuka Basnet, Health Care Assistant for Nottingham Universities Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH), describes how her apprenticeship with Access is helping to fulfil her dream of becoming a nurse. |
“I joined NUH as a Health Care Assistant five years ago. It’s certainly hard work – with long shifts from 7am until 7.30pm – but I thoroughly enjoy caring for the patients in my charge.
My role is the perfect launchpad to become a nurse, and I decided last year that I wanted to enrol on the Trust’s Nursing Associate Programme. I didn’t have the required level of English and Maths but, fortunately, my ward sister and line manager, Claire Conboy, was able to suggest the alternative route of the Health Care Support Worker Apprenticeship. She’s helped several colleagues to achieve this qualification which also includes the levels of English and Maths that are needed to join the Nursing Associate Programme.
NUH has partnered with Access Training on health care apprenticeships for well over a decade. I’ve seen with my own eyes how these qualifications have helped colleagues’ careers to flourish.
When I enrolled on the programme, I discussed with Access’ Business Relationship Manager, Helen Elliott, which level of apprenticeship would be most appropriate for me. Since I supervise others on the day-to-day procedures of the Health Care Assistant role – such as performing ECGs, taking bloods and blood pressure, and fitting cannulas – I was accepted onto the Level 3 apprenticeship which involves a leadership element that Level 2 does not.
The NHS really is one big family; and never more so than at the current time. I feel very emotional when I’m at work. It’s incredibly sad to see patients coping with their illnesses without their families around them.
When our patients join us on the Acute Medical Assessment ward, they’re very poorly. They’ve just been transferred from the Emergency ward, and it’s our responsibility to assess where they need to be placed next. The personal care, observations and medical procedures we undertake are of course critical parts of our jobs. But it’s important to go beyond that, particularly at such a scary time for the patient. We always spend quality time with each of them; listening to their concerns and reassuring them about possible treatment. With lockdown restrictions currently prohibiting visitors, we’ve become our patients’ family on the ward and are committed to offering that extra level of care and love.
NHS today, tomorrow, forever
I think the whole country is in agreement that the NHS is a vital part of our DNA. You can see this in the public’s willingness to stay at home to protect the NHS and save lives, the weekly clap for the NHS and key workers and in the incredible fundraising efforts of Captain Tom Moore for NHS charities.
It’s given me an even greater determination to train to be a nurse and I see a very bright future for me and, in turn, my family. My Access apprenticeship is only the start of this incredible journey!”
Success starts with Access. Learn more about a career in Health Care at: https://www.atem.co.uk/healthcare.htm
My role is the perfect launchpad to become a nurse, and I decided last year that I wanted to enrol on the Trust’s Nursing Associate Programme. I didn’t have the required level of English and Maths but, fortunately, my ward sister and line manager, Claire Conboy, was able to suggest the alternative route of the Health Care Support Worker Apprenticeship. She’s helped several colleagues to achieve this qualification which also includes the levels of English and Maths that are needed to join the Nursing Associate Programme.
NUH has partnered with Access Training on health care apprenticeships for well over a decade. I’ve seen with my own eyes how these qualifications have helped colleagues’ careers to flourish.
When I enrolled on the programme, I discussed with Access’ Business Relationship Manager, Helen Elliott, which level of apprenticeship would be most appropriate for me. Since I supervise others on the day-to-day procedures of the Health Care Assistant role – such as performing ECGs, taking bloods and blood pressure, and fitting cannulas – I was accepted onto the Level 3 apprenticeship which involves a leadership element that Level 2 does not.
The NHS really is one big family; and never more so than at the current time. I feel very emotional when I’m at work. It’s incredibly sad to see patients coping with their illnesses without their families around them.
When our patients join us on the Acute Medical Assessment ward, they’re very poorly. They’ve just been transferred from the Emergency ward, and it’s our responsibility to assess where they need to be placed next. The personal care, observations and medical procedures we undertake are of course critical parts of our jobs. But it’s important to go beyond that, particularly at such a scary time for the patient. We always spend quality time with each of them; listening to their concerns and reassuring them about possible treatment. With lockdown restrictions currently prohibiting visitors, we’ve become our patients’ family on the ward and are committed to offering that extra level of care and love.
NHS today, tomorrow, forever
I think the whole country is in agreement that the NHS is a vital part of our DNA. You can see this in the public’s willingness to stay at home to protect the NHS and save lives, the weekly clap for the NHS and key workers and in the incredible fundraising efforts of Captain Tom Moore for NHS charities.
It’s given me an even greater determination to train to be a nurse and I see a very bright future for me and, in turn, my family. My Access apprenticeship is only the start of this incredible journey!”
Success starts with Access. Learn more about a career in Health Care at: https://www.atem.co.uk/healthcare.htm
Share this post
