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Nursing support
Our valued healthcare support specialists play a vital role in caring for patients alongside nurses and other clinicians, day in and day out.
Nursing support teams include dedicated Healthcare Support Workers, Healthcare Assistants, and Registered Nursing Assistants, all contributing to the delivery of exceptional patient care.
Do you require any formal qualifications?
No formal qualifications are needed to become a Healthcare Assistant.
Many of our team members have joined straight from school or college, often without prior healthcare experience or qualifications. Others have embraced this rewarding career path later in life, while some have transitioned to the NHS after working in social care settings, such as care homes.
Are there opportunities for career development?
New career development paths, with full training, learning and professional qualifications, mean you can also progress from these Band 2 and Band 3 roles to become a Registered Nursing Associate (RNA), with highly developed clinical skills and responsibilities.
And there is now the opportunity to take work-based route to becoming a full-qualified Registered Nurse.
The Royal College of Nursing has some useful information on the different career paths – for those who want to take up further learning.
Your work will be both valued and impactful in every nursing support role.
Ana de Stefano, Band 3 Healthcare Assistant, Kingston and Richmond NHS