Join the North West London Reservist Scheme and play your part in shaping health and social care in your local communities.
What is the aim of the reservist scheme?
- A ground breaking new scheme for the NHS in England to create a dedicated pool of workers who want to shape a new type of Reservist worker to compliment the dedicated NHS workforce.
- Harness many years of knowledge and experience to support targeted health campaigns such as COVID-19 vaccination, flu vaccinations, continuous care assessments and discharge to assess.
- Care Support roles to deliver essential levels of care for our patients.
- An exciting alternative to working on bank with work-life flexibility and limited commitment.
- The opportunity to work with like-minded health and social care professionals and maintain your professional registration (if applicable) or work in an unregistered role
- Take part in social, training and development days within your reservist community.
What are the key roles?
The reservists opportunities in our area are:
- Reservist Registered Nurses
- Reservist Ward Helpers
- Reservist Vaccinators
- Reservist Administrators
What is the commitment?
- Minimum of 20 deployed days (150 hours) per annum
- A minimum of 5 days (37.5) hours training and development for non-clinical
- A minimum of 8 days (37.5) hours training and development for clinical
- Attendance at reservist community social and ‘keep in touch’ days
- Ability to work in acute settings across the North West London region
What can I expect in return?
- A simple joining process using existing tools and technology
- Dedicated training & support to maintain professional competence & registration (where applicable)
- Quality local orientation and induction
- Access to buddying and ongoing pastoral support from our Clinical Tutors
- Exposure to a varied working environment in acute, community and social care settings
- The opportunity to shape ‘key roles’ at regional level to support and develop the national picture
- Invitations to ‘keep in touch’ and social events within your reservist community
- Regular digital communications and bulletins bringing together other regional schemes
I am interested, what happens next?
Our immediate priority is to support the COVID-19 vaccination programme and the surge in health and social care demand based activity for which we need the following roles:
- Reservist Registered Nurses
- Reservist Administrators
- Reservist Ward Helpers
- Reservist Vaccinators
Join one of our forthcoming Webinar sessions to hear more about the scheme.
Read our Frequently Asked Questions
Contact our dedicated team chelwest.reservist.cw@nhs.net