Introducing the Sonic Training Academy
The Sonic Training Academy offers a unique opportunity to enable you to work with us as an apprentice and complete the required training to become a Biomedical Scientist.
The apprenticeship model allows you to work and earn a salary whilst studying part time to complete an IBMS accredited degree in Biomedical Science. Upon graduation you will be eligible to apply for HCPC registration as a Biomedical Scientist. The degree is also paid for by us meaning that you graduate with no student debt.
About the Academy
The Academy is an initiative started by Sonic Healthcare UK to address the shortfall in experienced biomedical scientists.
We are committed to a ‘grow your own’ workforce strategy which develops staff from the ground and supports them through their career with us. The Training Academy is aimed at supporting those who have completed the relevant A-Level or BTEC qualifications, and provide them with the opportunity to experience fundamental exposure to a laboratory environment and gain life-long scientific skills, whilst completing a Biomedical Science degree.
The apprenticeship model provides an amazing opportunity for students to ‘earn while they learn’. Trainees get to earn a salary whilst working through a degree that we pay for meaning they graduate with no student debt. Furthermore, the qualification that students are working towards will make further employment opportunities in the healthcare industry much easier to obtain. Learning skills and then directly applying them to day-to-day work really helps people to learn. Our experienced scientists and colleagues at the University of Westminster will be on hand at every turn to help them through their course.
Having four years of experience working in a diagnostic laboratory puts them way ahead of their peers at graduation.
The Academy Team
The Sonic Training Academy presents a fantastic Biomedical Scientist degree apprenticeship opportunity.
At Sonic Healthcare UK we have maintained a “grow your own” culture through comprehensive training programmes supported by training committees and laboratory training officers. This has also been embedded into the academy which will allow students to receive necessary qualifications and practical laboratory experience to apply the theory that they have learnt at university across our laboratories.
We have the purpose-built and versatile Training Academy Laboratory at the Royal Free Hospital where workshops, seminar and practical sessions are held for the apprentices to supplement the university curriculum and other skills preparing them for a career in pathology. The Training Academy team also has dedicated and experienced training officers and subject matter experts that also support apprentices on their journey.
We look forward to welcoming the next cohort of apprentices and producing the next biomedical scientists of the future.
Tomi Fadairo
Training Academy Manager
Information for educational institutions
To support students in making a decision about an apprenticeship, we offer opportunities for outreach days which allow students to come and visit the Halo Building and talk to scientists and get more information about the apprenticeship. The Training Academy can also attend Career Fairs, as well as perform in-person and virtual presentations about the Academy and the apprenticeship.