Ambulance UK April 2021

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Yorkshire Ambulance
Service wins gold
at national Learning
Awards
The Ambulance Support Worker
apprenticeship programme at
Yorkshire Ambulance Service
NHS Trust has won a gold
award at the national 2021
Learning Awards held virtually
on 18 February.
Launched in 2018, Yorkshire
Ambulance Service was the first
ambulance service to introduce
the Ambulance Support Worker
(emergency, urgent and nonurgent)
apprenticeship. It provides
another pathway for career
development to paramedic and
the 12-18 month apprenticeship
allows apprentices to learn on the
frontline and includes six weeks’
classroom-based training and four
weeks’ blue-light driver training.
The Trust was shortlisted for
Apprenticeship Programme of
the Year and took gold ahead of
seven other public and private
sector finalists in the category.
Organised by the Learning and
Performance Institute (LPI), the
online ceremony marked the
learning sector’s 25th annual
celebration of outstanding
achievement and best practice in
corporate learning and performance
by organisations and individuals.
Presented by British TV and radio
personality Claudia Winkleman
and joined by an online audience
of thousands, the Learning
Awards ceremony was broadcast
in the style of a TV event and
hosted live from a recording
studio in London.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service’s
apprenticeship programme was
cited as a clear winner, being
the first of its kind in the UK and
praised for being well designed
and clearly demonstrating a
strong impact on the organisation.
The judging panel recognised
that the Trust worked as part of
a national trailblazer group to
develop a programme for the
ambulance service that meets a
need to provide an entry point into
the service and offers a robust
career progression pathway.
In addition, the programme was
commended for supporting
workforce planning and having a
positive influence on the quality of
patient care. In terms of measurable
success, there have been very
positive results with assessment
pass rates and staff retention.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service
currently has 235 clinical
apprentices working to
qualifications over three
different apprenticeship levels
– Emergency Care Assistant,
Associate Ambulance Practitioner
and Paramedic. The Trust also
has 50 non-clinical apprentices
in post within its non-emergency
Patient Transport Service,
Emergency Operations Centre
and support services.
Dawn Adams, Head of the
Yorkshire Ambulance Service
Academy, commented: “We
are thrilled to have won this
award and are very proud of the
apprenticeship programme and
career development pathway we
have developed. The Trust is
highly committed to the provision
of apprenticeships and we have
much appreciated support
from stakeholders, learners and
clinicians which has helped to
shape, embed and deliver the
programme. It has provided
fresh stimulus for learning across
the organisation and what really
stands out is that our learners are
at the heart of its success.
“Information on both clinical and
non-clinical apprenticeships
is available on the Yorkshire
Ambulance Service website. We
are likely to be opening recruitment
for our award-winning Ambulance
Support Worker apprenticeship
in March or April and again later
in the year so we look forward to
welcoming more apprentices to
the Trust in the near future.”
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