Army Nurse

• Mid Thigh Pull 50kg

• Medicine Ball Throw 2.7m

• MSFT (beep test) level 5.8 (Officer candidates)

• 2km run 12 min (soldier candidates)

More information about the fitness test

If you've got your qualifications, then apply online. Your application will be passed to our specialist team, who will help guide you through the process towards joining in this role. You will be invited to an insight course where you will be offered a career discussion to advise which role best suits you - either Soldier or Officer.

• STUDENT NURSE (SOLDIER)

  3x GCSEs grade 9-4/A-C including Maths, English Language and one of the following: Biology, Chemistry, Physics double/triple award or Health and Social Care. Or other examination board equivalent.

  Plus 120 UCAS points. You must attend specialist Army Nursing insight event. Speak to your recruiter if you have any questions on entry requirements.

• STUDENT NURSE (OFFICER)

  If you have already gained your Student Nurse university place, are in the process of obtaining a place through UCAS or are part way through your Student Nurse training you are eligible to apply for an Army Nursing Bursary. You will join as a Nursing Officer once you qualify.

  All applicants must attend an Army Nursing Insight Event and Officer candidates are required to pass the Army Officer Selection Board.

• ADULT NURSE

  You need to be registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC). This can be newly qualified or with prior nursing experience. Those within their final year of Nursing can also apply.

  Candidates are able to apply if they wish to enter as either a Soldier or Officer.

  All applicants must attend an Army Nursing Insight Event and Officer candidates are required to pass the Army Officer Selection Board.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide general and specialist nursing care to soldiers and civilians

• Manage daily patient case load on a ward within a Joint Hospital Group

• On operations, work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, often alongside other multi-national forces

• Have the flexibility to work in a modern UK hospital or the more challenging conditions of a field hospital overseas

Training to become an Army nurse will depend on whether you're planning on joining as a student nurse, already registered nurse and as a Soldier or Officer.

Don't worry if you're not sure which route is right for you, our team of Recruiters will happily talk you through the best option for you.

JOINING AS A REGISTERED NURSE

You'll command a team that provides the highest standard of care. You can choose to join as an Officer or Soldier; both roles will stretch your clinical and leadership abilities. As a Soldier you will follow a regular nursing career pathway. Officers will take on additional leadership and management responsibilities within the Army, alongside their nursing duties.

Army Nursing can be tough, so we'll give you the best possible military and professional training. You can develop your skills throughout your career with further study up to and beyond MSc level, funded by us.

During your Army Nursing application we will advise and support you in making the right career choice for you so that you can realise your true potential, whether that's as a Nursing Soldier or Nursing Officer.

Training

Step 1 - You join the Army and complete your initial Soldier or Officer military training.

Step 2 - You complete a short Transition to Military Practice Course, after which you will be assigned to a Joint Hospital Group to commence your preceptorship and rotation programme and begin life as an Army Nurse.

Golden Hello

If you hold a recognised specialist qualification within Emergency, Intensive Care or Burns and Plastics you may be eligible for a £30,000 bonus on completion of your military training.

JOINING AS A STUDENT NURSE (SOLDIER)

We also train our own nurses. You will complete a three-year degree programme that will give you professional registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. You will be well supported by military and civilian University staff at the Defence School of Healthcare Education within Birmingham City University and will then be employed as a Registered Nurse by the Army. After successful completion of your Student Nurse training you will wear the rank of Acting Corporal. Your first unit will be a Joint Hospital Group, post-qualification rotation programme to allow you to develop in acute areas of practice.

Training

Step 1 - You join the Army as a Soldier and complete Phase 1 Training prior to starting your university course.

Step 2 - Following university, you then complete a short Transition to Military Practice Course, after which you will be assigned to a Joint Hospital Group to begin life as an Army Nurse.

JOIN AS A STUDENT NURSE (OFFICER)

If you are already in your student nurse training or soon to embark on your Adult Health training pathway with a guaranteed university place you could apply for an Army Nursing Bursary worth up to £42,000. This gives £5,000 for each year of training. On successful completion of your student nursing course and successfully finishing officer training, you will be given a lump sum of £27,000. You will then enter the Army as a Registered Nurse and be assigned to a Joint Hospital Group unit where you will continue to learn and develop your skills.

ADULT NURSE SOLDIER:

Earn £26,334 during initial training. When you complete your military training and join your unit, your pay will rise.

ADULT NURSE OFFICER:

You'll be on an annual salary of £34,676 during your training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, before commissioning on a minimum of £41,456 a year, depending on your experience.

STUDENT NURSE (SOLDIER):

Earn £26,334 during initial training. Upon qualification and first posting your pay will rise.

You will have the opportunity to specialise in one of a number of areas, including: Primary Health Care (to Advanced practice), Emergency Nursing (to Advanced practice), Critical Care, Burns and Plastics, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Sexual Health, General Medicine and General Surgery. Alongside this you will gain significant personal and professional development.

There's also excellent continued professional development up to and beyond MSc level.