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Earn While you Learn with an NHS Apprenticeship.

Are you passionate about making a difference in healthcare? Our NHS apprenticeships offer an opportunity to gain hands-on experience while earning a qualification in a wide range of programmes, offering a route into 350 NHS careers.

Why Choose an NHS apprenticeship in Lincolnshire?

Earn while you learn

Gain valuable experience and earn a salary while studying towards a nationally-recognised qualification. You will receive training from your team, and off-the-job learning from educators, ensuring you build the skills needed to succeed.

Clinical and non-clinical career options

With over 350 careers, in the NHS, apprenticeships cover a wide range of professions from nursing and physiotherapy assistants, to administrative positions in HR and Management.

Professional development

Whilst studying for a recognised qualification and getting hands-on experience in your field, you’ll also develop soft skills such as teamwork, problem-solving and communication – crucial for a successful career in healthcare.

Apprenticeship pathways

Our apprenticeship pathways offer a structured route to help you develop the knowledge and skills needed for a successful career in healthcare. You could start on a Level 2 (Equivalent to GCSE) programme, and progress to degree or even masters level. Scroll down to see our 15 pathways.

Apprenticeships are linked to a recognised occupation, involving on and off-the-job training and a final assessment at the end of the apprenticeship. This offers a new route into many of the occupations in the health and care sector.

There are now different entry points into occupations so you could start on a level 2 (equivalent to GCSE) and progress to degree or even masters level. Apprenticeships provide a clear development pathway for individuals looking to progress their career via a work-based route.

With over 350 roles within health and care, there is a wide range of clinical and non-clinical apprenticeships available, some of which are shown below.

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  • Non-Clinical
Ambulance Service
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Allied Health Professionals

Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) are essential to patient care, working in areas like physiotherapy, occupational therapy, radiography, and speech and language therapy. Through NHS apprenticeships in Lincolnshire, you can earn while you learn and build a rewarding clinical career.

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Dental

Dental careers within the NHS offer a rewarding blend of hands‑on clinical care, patient interaction, and highly specialised skills. From chairside support to orthodontics, dental technology and clinical hygiene, there’s an apprenticeship level suited to every ambition.

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Healthcare Sciences

Healthcare science careers within the NHS offer a unique blend of hands‑on clinical testing, patient interaction and highly specialised scientific expertise.

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Health and Social Care

Healthcare assistants have a key role in routine health and social care, such as taking and recording temperatures, helping patients/residents with washing and spending time talking to and reassuring patients/residents.

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Nursing

Nursing is at the heart of patient care across the NHS, offering a rewarding and respected career supporting people at every stage of life. Nurses play a vital role in delivering compassionate, safe and evidence‑based care, working closely with patients, families and multidisciplinary teams in hospitals, community settings and specialist services.

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Maternity

Maternity careers within the NHS offer a deeply rewarding opportunity to support people, babies and families through pregnancy, birth and the early postnatal period. The Lincolnshire NHS Midwifery Degree Apprenticeship pathway provides a clear, work‑based route into this highly skilled and compassionate profession, allowing you to earn while you learn and qualify as a registered midwife without student debt.

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Pharmacy
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Psychological Professions
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Public Health
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Business Improvement Techniques

Business Improvement Technique apprentices will work to support a businesses to become more productive and remain competitive. They will support the business to identify and then deliver continuous and sustainable quality, cost, delivery improvements for existing or new products, processes and/or services.

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Clinical Engineering

Clinical engineers maintain a wide range of specialist equipment from ventilators to theatre equipment within a hospital or care home.

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Team Leading & Management

Team leaders and managers are generally responsible for controlling or administering an organisation or group of staff. This management could be in a range of areas including smaller teams through to department, ward or home management.

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IT Application Specalist

IT team members work to diagnose and fix computer faults and alongside installing new computer equipment. That may also providing training to a range of clinical and non-clinical staff to ensure effective use of communications system.

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Catering

Catering staff are part of a team committed to making sure the food and drink to patients are nutritious and appetising.

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Accounting

Finance and accounting staff are responsible for ensuring that NHS and care funds are appropriately allocated and accounted for. They work on payroll, pension, financial reports and auditing.

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Estates and Facilities

Estates and facilities staff work across a range of specialisms to maintain the building and estate of NHS sites and care homes.

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Business Admin

Administrators maintain paperwork and computer records and deal with telephone enquiries within a range of departments. They may also deal with enquiries and provide administration support to senior staff.

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Business Admin (Medical)

Medical Secretaries deal with consultants’ or GPs’ correspondence and provide essential secretarial support

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Business and Professional Admin

Administrators managers oversee the maintenance of paperwork and computer records. Managers may ensure quality of service for telephone and face-to-face enquiries within a range of departments. They may also deal with enquiries and provide administration support to senior staff.

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Work Experience

Gain an insight into professions within the health and care sector.

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Recruitment and skills development across the heath and care system

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