Our apprenticeships

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Why choose
an Apprenticeship?

Apprenticeships are a chance to earn while you learn. As a Bupa apprentice, you’ll be given full support so you can balance both studies and work. Whoever you are, whatever your background, the work and effort you do will have a lasting impact on people’s lives.

Explore the different apprenticeships we have on offer.

Trainee Nursing
Associate Apprenticeship

Our Trainee Nursing Associate programme is a clinical career development programme aimed at healthcare assistants who want to take the next step in their careers.

Find out more about the Programme and hear from one of our Nursing Associates who went on the programme below.

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Dental Nurse
Apprenticeship

As an Apprentice Dental Nurse you'll develop your skills in a hands-on role, gaining a nationally-recognised qualification and earning whilst you learn.

You’ll be there as vital and reliable chair-side support to our clinicians as well as gaining valuable experience in other areas of the practice, including dealing with patient queries and booking appointments in reception.
 

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Health Care Assistant
Apprenticeship

Carers are a highly valued member of the Bupa team. As a Care Assistant, you'll play an important role in residents’ lives - keeping them safe, comfortable and happy.

With a Bupa Apprenticeship, you'll provide practical and compassionate support under the guidance of a mentor. You'll also earn a good salary, and a Level 2 Diploma in Care. 

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Customer Service
apprenticeship

We're on a journey to find the next generation of Apprentice Customer Service Advisors within our Insurance department.

Within this role you'll provide front line service to Bupa customers whilst working towards a Customer Service Specialist Level 3 qualification. As a leading global healthcare company we have a vast amount of opportunity, which makes for a perfect place to start and progress your career. 

We don't have any live customer service apprenticeship opportunities but click below to find out more about working in our call centres. 

Call Centres

Finance
Apprenticeship Programme

Our Finance Apprenticeship Programme offers the opportunity to study towards your Level 4 Accountancy apprenticeship.

At the same time, we will ensure that you develop your skills in creating, verifying, and reviewing financial information in an accurate and timely manner, all whilst remaining relevant, ethical, professional, and meeting legal standards and accounting practices.

Applications for this role are not open at present.

Last updated 18.06.2025.

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Bupa

stories.

Every one of our apprentices got into their role for a different reason. Hear what they have to say below:

Sabina

Care Assistant

“Bupa are helping me educate myself with an apprenticeship, they really are supporting me. So I guess they believe in me. That means so much to me, being able to work for a company that supports its’ people and helps you to learn through work.”

What you'll
need

We don't expect you to have experience before applying - that's what the apprenticeship is for!

With a few exceptions, we don't require any minimum qualifications either. You just need to be passionate about customers and care.

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Apprenticeships
done right

Bupa apprenticeships are available in our care homes, dental practices, health clinics, call centres and head office. You can learn anything from Dental Nursing to IT.

As well as good pay and benefits, you'll earn transferable skills and qualifications that can set you up for life. Our results speak for themselves - our apprenticeship pass rate is over 80%.

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with Bupa today

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Early Careers

We believe that everyone has the potential to make a real difference in their career. That’s why we offer a range of early careers opportunities, from graduate schemes to apprenticeships.

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