Fourteen of our Health and Social Care students have been selected to become Nurse Cadets at two local hospitals in Aylesbury and Wycombe. The cadet scheme gives experience in a number of areas and aims to help people decide which career route they may wish to follow.
The successful applicants have already started their programme following a two week induction process, and will be in the hospital one day per week for the remainder of their Level 3 programme at College.
Nurse cadets are placed in a range of wards including, Cardiac and Stroke, Dermatology, Day Surgery and Gerontology. All nurse cadets have a buddy on their ward who is there to support them, and are receiving group supervision (similar to clinical supervision) to support their wellbeing further.
Maria Wilkinson, Faculty Director for Health & Life Sciences said “It is real work, in a real workplace and they have had to learn quickly about employability skills – time keeping, compliance, confidentiality, duty of care and ethical dilemmas and much more. They are all extremely tired but loving the experience!”
Find out more about or Health and Social Care courses here.
