We offer support for West Yorkshire general practices and nurse mentors/ assessors/ supervisors to become placement providers for undergraduate student nurses. Our driving aim is to increase access to general practice placements for student nurses, to promote practice nursing as a career and help secure the primary care nursing workforce of the future.
Providing placements for student nurses is a great recruitment tool and professional development opportunity for staff. Practices receive an NHS England tariff payment to support time for assessment/supervision and coordination.
When is it available?
Ongoing – student placements take place throughout the year and you can start getting involved at any time.
What’s involved?
By providing placements for student nurses, you are promoting practice nursing as a career pathway when in the past it might otherwise have been overlooked by students. This in turn should help to secure an important part of the future primary care workforce.
- Great recruitment tool
- Professional development opportunity for staff
- Additional income stream
- Give student nurses the opportunity to experience a quality placement in General Practice
- Help secure the primary care workforce of the future
- Bring enthusiasm and two-way learning into the practice
What funding is available?
Practices receive a placement tariff from NHS England per student per week in recognition for assessor/supervisor time supporting the student. The tariff (as at 1st April 2024) is £132.75 per week.
There is also funding available for potential supervisors and assessors to undertake the assessor course. Details of our GPN Supervisor and Assessor Support programme be found here.
How can I find out more or express interest?
For further information contact us at wy.traininghub@nhs.net
