Data Apprenticeships for the NHS

Data has the potential to reshape health and social care in the UK. Patient outcomes can be improved through the insight and intelligence that data can provide if the workforce has the skillset to take advantage of the opportunity. Analysis of data can speed diagnosis and research and deliver more efficient service planning. When applied to operational efficiencies, data can save staff time and save care services money, which can be reinvested in patient care.

Cambridge Spark is proud to be delivering data and AI apprenticeships that provide the NHS workforce with the skills needed to reshape health and social care with data. Working with a range of partners, including the NHS Leadership Academy, Microsoft, AnalystX and HDR UK, every NHS employee has an opportunity to develop the data and digital skills they need to succeed.

From building data literacy in Excel, through to earning a MSc-level qualification in artificial intelligence, the Cambridge Spark apprenticeship suite empowers the data transformation of every NHS organisation.

Delivered through EDUKATE.AI, Cambridge Spark's patented online learning platform for data, our programmes are developing the skills of the NHS workforce to take advantage of the opportunities that data offers.

Apprentices will submit assignments on EDUKATE.AI®, Cambridge Spark’s patented AI-powered learning and development platform built for AI and data science education.

Real-life applications - Assignments apply skills to real-world problems, simulating a data science environment in a range of sectors

Instant feedback on code - Learners submit code and receive feedback instantly, helping them develop their skills and improve the quality of their code without waiting for a tutor.

Fully personalised - Learners receive personalised exercises and reading recommendations based on the code they submit

Our programmes are delivered as an apprenticeship to learners in England, to allow access to Levy funding and allow our learners to gain a recognised qualificatio.

For learners outside of England or who are not eligible for an apprenticeship, we can delivered tailored programmes outside of the Levy.

Apprenticeships are a long-term training commitment which seek to support people into the workforce and upskill existing UK-based employees within an organisation, enabling employers to foster a workforce consisting of highly-skilled and highly-engaged talent.

Our apprenticeships include aa minimum of 6 hours per week off-the-job training, enabling a blended approach between theory and practical learning.

The UK government’s Apprenticeship Levy scheme came into effect in April 2017 as a way to drive investment in strengthening the country’s skills base.

All NHS organisations with annual staff costs of over £3m have to pay 0.5% of their salary bill into a ring-fenced apprenticeship levy pot. The money is collected monthly via PAYE and must be spent within 24 months and used for training on approved apprenticeship schemes (such as the suite of data apprenticeships we offer the NHS).

Off-the-job training is defined as learning undertaken outside of the day-to-day work duties and during the apprentice’s normal working hours.

Our off-the-job training is delivered on a flexible basis and can be carried out at the apprentice’s place of work or home.

The 6 hours per week, minimum, off-the-job training provides learners with the time to focus and develop the required skills, knowledge and behaviours to complete the programme and reach occupational competence.

Managers will need to ensure apprentices achieve their planned off-the-job training hours and work on their project portfolio.

We also encourage managers to have regular one-to-one meetings with apprentices to catch up on how they are progressing and to join the apprentice and their coach for thirty minutes every 3-4 months for a general catch up about the programme.

Data and AI Apprenticeships for the NHS

A full-stack data skills solution tailored to the NHS

About our programmes

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Our next enrolment deadline: 14th April 2023

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Lesley Cradduck, Apprenticeship Centre Manager at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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"We live and breathe data. We produce data extracts, dashboards and reports so a big driver for starting my Level 4 Data Analyst apprenticeship was learning new ways to approach and provide better insight of the data."

Abby Echave, Senior Business Intelligence Analyst, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

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"This is a very exciting partnership, which speaks to the People Plan by enabling high quality management training to be delivered in an accessible and affordable way, whilst ensuring inclusive and compassionate leadership is at the core"

Corinna Thomas, Senior Programme Lead, NHS Leadership Academy

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"The course has made me start to think analytically about the data: why we are using it, who it is for, what is the impact. It has got me talking to lots of different departments and using data in different ways."

Chloe Giles, Data Compliance Administrator

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"We are delighted to be delivering unique programmes to equip NHS employees with the data skills they need to reshape health and social care."

Dr Raoul-Gabriel Urma, CEO, Cambridge Spark

Accelerated learning on EDUKATE.AI

The Experiential Learning Process

Learning

Interactive Workshops

Experimentation

Practice on EDUKATE.AI®

Application

Work-based Projects

Unparalleled Learning Support

Cambridge Spark Faculty

EDUKATE.AI

Data Mentor

Learner Success Coach

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