The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Cancer Services Apprentice

The closing date is 14 December 2025

Job summary

The apprentice will be required:

To achieve an apprentice standard (Key Skills, Certificate/Diploma and Technical Certificate) within the specified time frame. Attend all of the training sessions for the programme whenever necessary. Undertake any necessary home work during the length of the course.

To assist the department in the provision of the broad range of service provided, working under the supervision of the department staff.

An Apprentice is expected to expand and broaden their skills and abilities. Nonetheless, they must operate at all times under the direct supervision of a senior member of staff, unless operating according to agreed procedures that have been approved by the department.

Main duties of the job

The apprentice will be required:

To assist the department in the provision of the broad range of services provided, working under the supervision of the department staff.

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Date posted

02 December 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£7.55 an hour per hour

Contract

Apprenticeship

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

225-DIV3-7601118

Job locations

New Cross Hospital

Wolverhampton Road

Wolverhampton

WV100QP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Whilst in the development role the apprentice will work towards the following:

1. To operate at all times within the local Standard Operating Procedures relevant to the area of work.

2. To provide administrative support (such as filing, scanning, typing, data input, photocopying, booking rooms, ordering stationary, saving documents as instructed) as directed by the senior member of staff.

3. To provide support with the shredding of confidential paper waste as directed by a senior member of the team.

4. To assist and/or deal with (as appropriate) enquiries and information requests via face to face, telephone and email by way of message taking, conveying messages verbally and/or transferring calls, checking individual calendars as necessary, whilst maintaining confidentiality at all times.

5. To check the shared inboxes for work streams and respond to any general enquiries using the standard emails, or escalate to a member of the team as appropriate.

6. To respond to all emails, correspondence and telephone calls and liaise with other departments within the Trust in a friendly and professional manner, when assigned to that task.

7. To provide administrative support to meetings including preparing agendas and taking accurate minutes at relevant meetings.

8. To provide administrational duties in a professional, polite and timely manner with attention to providing customer care of the highest standard.

9. To input, retrieve and update information and records using the departmental and Trust computer systems, as required.

10. Assist the administration team with greeting visitors to the department and notify the appropriate member of staff

11. To ensure that security in the work environment is maintained, locking doors and windows, challenging unknown persons who enter the work area and by wearing the Trust identity badge at all times whilst at work.

12. To undertake statutory and mandatory training as required in accordance with Trusts policies and procedures.

13. To maintain at all times the rules relating to patient confidentiality.

14. Assisting in maintenance of a clean, tidy, organised and appropriately stocked environment.

15. Become familiar with and complying with all health and safety regulations, Trust policies and procedures and incident reporting.

16. Any other duty, requested by senior managers, as deemed appropriate and relevant to the role.

17. Any other adhoc duties as and when required in line with service needs and commensurate within this training position