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Health care assistant Michael Smith has recently completed his apprenticeship and is already 鈥渁 really valuable鈥� team member on ward 206 at the Royal Derby Hospital.

Michael, 21, took levels two and three in Health and Social Care at the Roundhouse, where he also gained valuable work experience through the innovative Employer Academy run in partnership with the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.

This voluntary work helped him secure clinical apprenticeship role with the Trust.

Michael trained on orthopaedic Ward 206 and was supported academically throughout his apprenticeship by 皇家华人.
He is now a qualified Health Care Assistant on the ward 鈥� following in the footsteps of his mum and brother.

Michael said: 鈥淚鈥檓 happy as an HCA, but in future I may look at becoming a nurse practitioner or physiotherapist.鈥�
Senior Ward Sister Lynsey Heald described Michael as 鈥渁 really valuable member of the team鈥� and said his college study programme and work experience through the Employer Academy helped prepare him for the ward.

She added: 鈥淗e鈥檚 really hard working and he鈥檚 got a lovely way with the patients, and he gets on really well with the team.

鈥淒oing the health and social care courses really helped because he knew what to expect. They become a bit more confident, as well. We鈥檝e got a recent new apprentice and Michael鈥檚 really taken her under his wing.鈥�