FdSc Nursing Associate Programme - University of Salford

‘Seeing the impact on all involved was both humbling and a privilege’ | Nursing Times Associate professor in adult nursing Melanie Stephens shares the stand-out moments of her career in higher education, as well as the details of her role and responsibilities.

Role model: ‘Seeing the impact on all involved was both humbling and a privilege’

Associate professor in adult nursing Melanie Stephens shares the stand-out moments of her career in higher education, as well as the details of her role and responsibilities.

www.nursingtimes.net/careers/seei...

📢NW Social Care Workforce Leads are hosting an upcoming Webinar on 31st July 11am - 12.30pm on #NursingAssociate and #Nursing Opportunities in #SocialCare Sector for students & registrants
Book your place here: tickettailor.com/events/great...
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Wow 🤩 FIVE big #salforduni wins #STNA - Teaching Innovation of the Year; Nursing Associate Training Programme Provider of the Year; Placement of the Year:
Community; Student Nursing Associate of the Year; & Post-Registration Learner of the Year 🏆 @salfordsnas.bsky.social @neilwithnell.bsky.social

RCN defines nursing support workers and their level descriptors | News | Royal College of Nursing The new definitions will help support and protect nursing staff, and give clarity to employers and the public. They can be applied across all fields and settings

The new RCN definitions will support nursing staff and clarify the roles of support workers and nursing associates across all fields and settings.
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University of Salford: Neurodiversity Guide for Apprentice Employers

Proud to launch our Neurodiversity Employer Handbook, supporting inclusive practice in health and social care apprenticeships.
Inclusion takes intention — proud to help drive positive change. @salfordsnas.bsky.social @salforduni.bsky.social @uos-health-society.bsky.social
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Very proud of our wonderful Jonatan Berhane @jonatanberhane.bsky.social who is being interviewed for #SNTA2025 "Educator of the Year" category today - Good Luck Jon! 💛 #NursingAssociateMagic

Day 2: Heidi puts in beautifully - ILPs are a great way of new #apprentices gaining focus amongst a lot of new information & help staff spend time building relationships & getting to know our fab #Spring25 students 💛 #NursingAssociateMagic

Very proud of @jonatanberhane.bsky.social & Karen who represented the programme at today's #SNTA interview for "Teaching Innovation of the Year" category 💛 #NursingAssociateMagic #Podcasting

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A huge welcome to our brand new shiny #Spring25 #NursingAssociate #Apprentice cohort who start their #Apprenticeship today! Excited to start creating some #NursingAssociateMagic with them 💛

Lovely trip to #SNTA HQ for our programme team of the year interview & supporting our amazing students Lyndon,
@PhoebeH56212717
& Marjana in their #SNTA2025 #NursingAssociate #Learneroftheyear interviews.
So proud of all 3 for what they do & being their authentic selves yesterday💛

We're delighted to share that we have been nominated in the #GMSkillsAwards2025 category "Team of the Year" - we're really proud of this achievement & we're keeping our fingers crossed that we'll be part of the shortlist announced during w/c 7th April 💛 #NursingAssociateMagic

@salfordsnas.bsky.social @uos-health-society.bsky.social @salforduni.bsky.social In this article, I discuss the vital role of Nursing Associates in healthcare and the need for greater investment in their training, employment, and career progression. #nursingassociates #nurse #nurses #workforce

Q3: How can we balance traditional approaches with new methods like podcasting to better prepare learners for today's digital world? #LTHEchat

Q2: What institutional or cultural challenges need to be addressed to successfully implement podcasting as an assessment method? #LTHEchat

Q1: Have you tried using podcasting for assessment, or other non-traditional assessments in your teaching or work? What has worked well, and what challenges have you faced? #LTHEchat

Join our wonderful team @jonatanberhane.bsky.social & @njblythe18.bsky.social for their #LTHEchat on Bluesky @lthechat.bsky.social tonight (5th March) 8-9pm!

Topic: Podcasting as an assessment in Nursing Associate Education
#Nursing #Podcast #academia

@salfordsnas.bsky.social @salforduni.bsky.social @uos-health-society.bsky.social We are going live this Wednesday 8pm 😀

Our recent @salfordsnas.bsky.social graduate Ethan McKnight has been named ‘Apprentice of the Year’ at the Made In Manchester Awards 👏🤩

Ethan was recognised for his commitment to delivering compassionate care to vulnerable patients 💜

Read more 👉 www.salford.ac.uk/news/univers...

Our programme team and student reps are working tirelessly to ensure a high-quality learning experience and outstanding support for all our learners. Proud to be part of a team that truly puts learners first! #NAW2025 #ATAwards @salfordsnas.bsky.social

A huge congratulations to our students & colleagues across @UoS_HealthSoc who have also made the national finalist shortlists across multiple categories! #SNTA2025

And as a programme team, we are absolutely honoured to have been shortlisted as a national finalist in TWO categories
"Nursing Associate Training Provider programme of the Year- preregistration" & "Teaching Innovation of the Year" #SNTA2025 #NursingAssociateMagic 💛

Our wonderful Learning and Development Coach Heidi West has been shortlisted as a national finalist in the "Learner of the Year: Post Registration" category @heids_w
#SNTA2025 #NursingAssociateMagic 💛

A huge congratulations to Lyndon Pillar who has also been shortlisted as a national finalist for the "Mary Seacole Award for Outstanding Contributions to Diversity and Inclusion" #SNTA2025 ##NursingAssociateMagic 💛

Next up, our fantastic educator Jonatan Berhane has been shortlisted for University Educator of the Year
#SNTA2025 #NursingAssociateMagic 💛 @@jonatanberhane.bsky.social

Huge Congrats to our fab students #Spring23 #apprentices Phoebe Hall & Lyndon Pillar & #Sept23 #DirectEntry student Marjana Sultana who are shortlisted as national finalists
"Student Nursing Associate of the Year" category
#SNTA2025 #NursingAssociateMagic 💛

We're absolutely thrilled to share that our amazing students, wonderful team members & humble programme have been shortlisted as national finalists across multiple categories for #StudentNursingTimesAwards #SNTA2025
Spreading #NursingAssociateMagic 💛

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These were so valuable to our #NursingAssociate students, and staff team and we loved having both of you join us again today! Huge thanks to our fab module lead Dianne for arranging
Very engaging, informative & inspiring guest speakers 💛
#NAW2025 #ATAwards #NursingAssociateMagic

Followed by an afternoon visit from the fabulous Judy The Rider sharing the amazing work of The Manchester Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence on health promotion & raising further awareness about HIV & AIDS #HIVTestingWeek
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#NAW2025 #ATAwards 💛