Public Health Practitioner Higher Apprenticeship

London Borough of Bexley

Bexleyheath, DA6 7AT

Closes in 11 days (Monday 7 October)

Posted on 19 September 2024

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Summary

You will gain skills and experience in supporting the Public Health team with research, drafting policy, analysing data, supporting projects, promoting marketing and communications and working with partners and the public. You will study for Level 4 Improvement Practitioner, hopefully progressing onto level 6 Integrated degree in Public Health.

Annual wage
£27,030 a year

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It is Bexley's aspiration the apprentice will progress onto a Public Health degree once the level 4 apprenticeship is completed.

Training course
Improvement practitioner (level 4)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm

36 hours a week

Possible start date

Sunday 1 December

Duration

1 Year 2 Months

Positions available

1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Under supervision, the apprentice will be expected to:

  • Research and design Health Improvement projects
  • Record and analyse data
  • Produce reports from research
  • Support partnership working and joint initiatives
  • Prepare and present public health communications
  • Support the wider team in the delivery of commissioned services

Where you’ll work

Civic Offices

2 Watling Street

Bexleyheath

DA6 7AT

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

RHG CONSULT LTD

Your training course

Improvement practitioner (level 4)

Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)

Course contents
  • Compliance: Work in accordance with organisational controls and statutory regulations
  • Communication: Speak and write clearly. Influence others, question effectively. Plan and deliver meetings presenting insight to engage audiences
  • Coaching: Observe, listen, use questioning, provide feedback and spot learning opportunities
  • Project management: Define, sequence, plan and schedule activities with phases and milestones. Estimate effort and duration. Create and update project charter. Review progress
  • Change management: Sponsorship contract, surface and manage resistance, build compelling narratives for change, assess change impact
  • Principals and Methods: Select and apply a structured method and appropriate improvement tools engaging with subject matter experts to deliver business benefits
  • Project selection and Scoping: Support the identification of improvement opportunity and the scoping of these projects
  • Problem definition: Support development of problem/opportunity statements
  • Voice of the customer: Support application of techniques to identify and prioritise customers, their requirements and ensure balance against the stated and unstated needs of the business (Voice of the Business)
  • Process mapping & analysis: Process map to measure and analyse flow and value. Identify interfaces, functional responsibilities and ownership. Use insight to identify potential opportunities and map future state
  • Lean tools: Seek in-process waste through understanding of value within the value stream
  • Measurements systems: Plan, carry out and assess results of a measurement system study
  • Data acquisition for analysis: Develop a sampling strategy
  • Basic statistics & measures: Use graphical analysis to understand distribution and stability
  • Data analysis-statistical methods: Identify data-types and select analysis methods and tools. Assess time series data stability and analyse making relevant insight
  • Process capability & performance: Select methods and metrics for analysis
  • Root cause analysis: Select and apply the appropriate graphical tool dependent on the data type to identify patterns, trends and signals to establish hypothesis
  • Experimentation & optimisation: Plan designed experiment with clear objectives, and appropriate levels of Measurement Systems Analysis, analyse experiment data and optimise
  • Identification & prioritisation: Identify and prioritise factors, ideas and solutions
  • Data analysis – SPC: Select and apply appropriate tools for ongoing monitoring and control. Analyse and interpret control charts
  • Benchmarking: Conduct structured benchmarking to support target setting
  • Sustainability & control: Identify failure modes and embed learning from improvements

    • Your training plan

    Improvement Practitioner Level 4 Apprenticeship Standard:

    • Training will be at least 6 hours per week which will be fully supported by the organisation
    • RHG consult deliver this standard remotely for the organisation

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • English (grade 4-9 (or A-C) or equivalent)
    • Maths (grade 4-9 (or A-C) or equivalent)
    • Any (grade A-C)

    Desirable qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • Science (grade 4-9 (or A-C) or equivalent)

    Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

    Skills

    • Communication skills
    • IT skills
    • Attention to detail
    • Organisation skills
    • Customer care skills
    • Presentation skills
    • Administrative skills
    • Number skills
    • Analytical skills
    • Logical
    • Team working
    • Initiative
    • Want to make a difference

    Other requirements

    a passion for making a difference with our residents and community

    About this company

    The London Borough of Bexley (Bexley Council) is a local authority. Our customers are our residents. We have statutory services such as social care, education, housing and waste and recycling. We also provide many other services to our residents such as highway maintenance, parks and open spaces and library facilities

    http://www.bexley.gov.uk (opens in new tab)

    Disability Confident

    Disability Confident

    A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

    You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

    After this apprenticeship

    • It is hoped the candidate will progress onto Public Health integrated degree with the Public Health team

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    London Borough of Bexley

    Cheryl Jones

    cheryl.jones@bexley.gov.uk

    02030454095

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000276607.

    Apply now

    Closes in 11 days (Monday 7 October)

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