Newly Qualified Graduates
Newly Qualified Graduates
If you are not yet qualified why not join our bank staff as a temporary healthcare assistant? You will get paid while you experience community nursing and decide if it’s the right career path for you. Find out more here.
Why join Leeds Community Healthcare?
We know that choosing where you start to build your career after graduation is a major life decision. As well as a fabulous job, we can offer you a wide range of other perks (Why Work For Us?) including generous amounts of holiday, good pay rates, car lease schemes to help you get about the community and being part of an organisation of adults – we do things differently here and our people really matter to us.
“From the first time I went into a patient’s home, I knew that was the kind of nursing that I wanted to do.”
– Zoe Dunphy, Neighbourhood Clinical Practitioner
Preceptorship
Nursing in the community can be incredibly exciting but it is also challenging. Our preceptorship scheme is specifically designed to support your transition from student to staff nurse. Each Newly Qualified Nurse will have a dedicated preceptor for a full 12 months who will meet them regularly to give support and guidance. You can keep up to date with Preceptorship at LCH by following the team on Twitter.
Applying
You can apply to work with us well ahead of actually qualifying – check the table below:
When you are qualifying |
When you can apply |
|
|---|---|---|
| September/October | Following year January onwards | |
| December/January | July onwards | |
| March | September onwards | |
If you apply during our peak season (January to April) you’ll be invited to an Assessment Centre where you’ll take part in a group activity, interviews and a couple of other assessments such as a short-written exercise.
If you apply outside of the peak season, you’ll be invited to an interview.
If you receive an offer, we’ll keep in touch with you regularly until you’re qualified and ready to join us!
