Want to be a nurse? Event highlights opportunities

People considering a career in nursing can learn about apprenticeships at Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital.

The event will offer information about a range of roles, from healthcare support to paid nurse degree apprenticeships.

It will be held on Wednesday 11 February between 16:00 and 19:00 GMT at the Castle Hill Hospital learning and innovation centre, in Cottingham.

Lucy Vere, director of learning and organisational development at NHS Humber Health Partnership, said: Apprenticeships are a great way of bringing new people into the NHS and also a way of developing our existing workforce."

Vere added: "It's important to remember that although apprenticeships are a great way for school leavers to start their careers, we have opportunities available across our sites for both new and existing colleagues."

Registered nurse Leanne Cross, who recently graduated from a third-year nurse degree apprenticeship, said she was inspired to take up nursing in 2019 after helping care for her partner when he was taken ill and admitted to Hull Royal for treatment.

"During his five weeks on there, I took care of all his personal cares," she said.

"This inspired me to want to become a nurse, but I thought I would never be able to get there with me having no qualifications.

"The apprenticeship route suited me well, as I found it to be a hands-on job, gaining more experience. With me having a base ward, being a mum and having a house to run, having a learning programme that paid every month was a massive help."

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