Registered Nursing Associate / Registered Nurse Degree Apprentice (Step-Up Route)
Horizon Healthcare · Derby · posted 22 October 2026
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Duties will include:
- Delivering high-quality patient-centred care
- Supporting chronic disease management services
- Performing clinical observations and assessments
- Supporting wound care and treatment room services
- Delivering health promotion and prevention activities
- Supporting vaccination and immunisation programmes
- Participating in multidisciplinary care planning
- Maintaining high-quality clinical records
- Supporting quality improvement initiatives
- Attending university teaching and placements
- Completing apprenticeship and degree programme requirements
- The role will provide opportunities to further develop clinical assessment, leadership and professional nursing skills
Your training
You will be based with Horizon Healthcare GP surgery in Derby over 2 sites. You will undertake a Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship via an approved Nursing Associate Step-Up pathway with Derby University.
Where it leads
Horizon Healthcare is committed to developing its nursing workforce. Following successful completion of the apprenticeship and NMC registration as a Registered Nurse, opportunities for progression within Horizon Healthcare will be considered subject to service requirements and available vacancies.
About Horizon Healthcare
Horizon Healthcare is a large, progressive NHS general practice in Derby, serving around 29,000 registered patients. The practice has experienced sustained growth, increasing from 20,437 patients in March 2021 to 28,734 in March 2026, representing growth of more than 40% over five years.
Our mission is "Providing Safe, Accessible Primary Healthcare Services At Scale". Our vision is to establish an organisation that everyone is proud to belong to, empower people to deliver efficient, high-quality healthcare and wellbeing, and enable supportive leadership at every level.
Our four core values are Person Centred, Systematic, Dedicated and Brave. They translate into seeing and respecting the whole person, collaborating effectively, using data and robust processes, taking ownership and pride in our work, and having the confidence to identify opportunities and take initiative.
Horizon combines growth with a strong focus on organisational culture and workforce development. Its strategic ambitions include continued patient-list growth, expansion of services, multidisciplinary working, tackling health inequalities and developing its workforce to meet the changing needs of its population. We are an established part of Derby City North PCN.
We are a Certified Great Place to Work.
Things to consider
- Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
- Subject to Occupational Health assessment
Skills they're looking for
Entry requirements
- GCSE English language (grade 4/C or above) — essential
- GCSE Mathematics (grade 4/C or above) — essential
- Degree Foundation Degree Nursing Associate (FdSc) (grade Pass) — essential
Where you'll work
- 3-5 BURTON ROAD, DERBY, DE1 1TH
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