NHS Graduate Digital, Data & Technology Scheme
Recruiting for organisations in the North West, North East, Midlands, Yorkshire & Humberside, South East, South West, East of England and London.
The NHS Graduate DDaT scheme assesses over 10,000 candidates a year to recruit and train talented band 5 graduates into your next band 6/7 technical specialists. We are commissioned by NHS England to recruit and train Data Analysts, Data Scientists, Software Developers, Cyber Security, Change / Project Management and Business Analysts into 100’s of vacancies across Trusts, ICSs, CCGs, LAs and the healthcare system across England. The fast track scheme aims to develop a sustainable pipeline of technical talent into the NHS.
During the pandemic we have seen a rapid uptake of digital and technological solutions within healthcare services. We know that the restoration of outpatient and elective care due to the impact of COVID will be a key priority for NHS trusts and commissioners to deal with the backlog of referrals and patients awaiting treatment. Digital and technological solutions are seen by NHSE and NHSx as route to dealing with this backlog but capacity and resourcing is required to implement these digital solutions. We can help with our pool of graduates to provide the resourcing for transformation, implementation and support to your clinical teams.
Radhika Rangaraju, Programme Director Digital PODAC - NHSX:
"The quality of candidates presented by the NHS DDaT scheme far exceeded my expectations and the calibre at the assessment centre was very impressive. I have also been very encouraged by the diversity of the talent pool that was tapped into to help shape the future of the digital services in the NHS "
Forthcoming Webinars:
NHS Graduate DDaT Scheme – Using the NHS Graduate DDaT Scheme to support your digital, data and technology teams
This event is intended for managers within the NHS. The NHS Graduate Digital Data and Technology scheme, commissioned by NHS England, has experience of recruiting graduates into a range of Band 5 and Band 6 roles in both cities and hard to recruit rural locations. The scheme is the NHS’s largest informatics, digital, data and technology recruitment graduate programme, which has sourced, trained and supported over 180 DDaT graduates since 2018, and has 100 per cent of graduates successfully gaining higher banded roles within the NHS system.
The scheme has also successfully sourced and developed graduates for EPR implementations by scoping workforce requirements and providing a tailored graduate programme. With a 94% retention rate of grads completing their scheme, join their next webinar for NHS managers to find out how the NHS Graduate DDaT can support you with your resourcing needs.
To register your interest in future webinars, please e-mail:info@graduatesintohealth.co.uk
These webinars are for NHS Managers (only) and not for people interested in applying to the scheme. If you are interested in applying to the scheme and have a question or require more information, please e-mail: info@graduatesintohealth.co.uk
Previous Webinars:
NHS Graduate DDaT Scheme - Software Development and Robotics
All webinars begin are held at 9.15am - 10:30am
1st November 2023 - Project / Change Management & Business Change / Analytics:
Both for business and usual and EPR digital transformation managers
Next dates:
29th November 2023 - Information Governance (IG) & Cyber Security:
How DDaT grads can support managers to bridge the gap between teams
Training & Development:
To support learning and development, participants of the scheme are required to complete an apprenticeship and CPD workshops. The apprenticeship is at level 4 or 5 and will support the development of participants’ technical skills. While the objective of the scheme is to develop technical specialists, participants will also complete ten CPD workshops. These workshops have been designed to development soft skills and build leadership capability.
The CPD sessions are endorsed by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM). ILM is the UK’s leading provider of leadership, management and coaching qualifications.
To find out more about the scheme please get in touch with the relevant lead in your area:
For London, South East, South West and East of England: contact Karniya Yoganathan, Engagement Lead, karniya.yoganathan@nhs.net
For North West, North East and Midlands: contact Julie Davison, Engagement Lead, julie.davison6@nhs.net 07919 394592
For all other queries: contact Louise Brennan, Head of Service, louise.brennan5@nhs.net 07874 795572