Apprentice Education Assistant Review

I work as an education assistant in NDWRH, this includes running the undergraduate course for medical students. They do 6 rotations through the year and womens and reproductive health is one of them. We have 6 different groups of students and have each group for 7 weeks. My day to day job includes, creating their lecture timetable with current doctors, arranging tutorials and clinics to send them to and planning a formative exam at the end of each rotation. I also act as the graduate studies administrator along with my line manager and we carry out the admissions process for the new cohort of students which includes short listing the applicants, creating interview time tables, communication with the candidates and creating the decisions log. We also deal with the current PGR students and help plan and do the paperwork for there various milestones.

I have learnt many new skills in my job, I have improved my email etiquette, gain a lot of confidence in speaking with people I don’t know, learnt to use programs such as e-vision and improved using excel, outlook and word. I have learnt how to book rooms, travel and accommodation.

I really enjoy my job and my apprenticeship life. My work place is filled with lovely and support people as is my college and the central university apprenticeship team. I have had so much support from my line manager, assessor, training co-ordinator and the apprenticeship team and they really make work enjoyable.

My program seems very well organised and structured, I have many people around who support me with specific parts of the course/programme which I find super helpful! My assessor ensures I take things step my step and always send me relevant information relating to the steps I am in during my apprenticeship.

My employer gives me so much support and all different types. They insure I have all the relevant training I need and any I wish to do, they insure I am as happy and comfortable as I can be in the work place and have as many opportunities as possible.

My training provider (Abingdon and witney college) have been so helpful. They have provided me with so much relate to information and support. I have also had a DSAT test with them to find support with some of my struggles. They have provided me with techniques and resources to help with my dyslexia and out strategy’s in place which have been really helpful!

I feel my 10 week college course really helped me to learn how organisation I work for is run and how I will fit into that. This helps me to perform and I understand the overall goal and processes more. During my assignments I have learnt things about regulations and policy’s which have helped my massively in my work place.

My work place arranges away days which includes various activities and we have weekly coffee mornings which I have recently taken over setting up as my work place knew I was interested in event management so have tried to get me involved in the departmental events. The central university apprenticeship team also holds networking events for the apprentices to get to together and share experiences.

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The university has been so supportive, accommodating and welcoming. I have only been in my job for 6 months and I feel like I have been there for years and I know many other people who work on the university feel very similar. The university was specifically recommend as a good place of work and I will forever be grateful for that recommendation

When I first applied for my job, it wasn’t 100% the job/industry I was hoping to go into but they have tried to get me involved in everything relating to the industry I was hoping for (event management) and it has been so great as I have got the the full rounded experience but also experience in the specific area I am interested in. So my top tip is even if a job isn’t 100% what you would like to go into, there is always a way to get involved and work your way up. You can’t go into your dream job straight away but the university will ensure you get there as soon as possible