At a glance
- Soldier
- Officer
- Specialist
- medical
Provide general and specialist nursing care to soldiers and civilians while working in a range of locations. This role allows you to join either as a soldier or an officer, when you're fully trained or while you're a student nurse.
Army Nurses can find themselves working in a variety of settings. These can range from NHS hospitals within a Joint Hospital Group to ground-based environments, such as Multi-Role Medical Regiments (MMR). Nursing personnel deal with all types of medical situations, which could involve caring for civilian and military patients in the UK to military casualties of war and conflict. You'll also get to travel, take part in Adventurous Training and play sports for the Army. With a competitive salary, non-contributory pension and free healthcare too, you'll get great rewards - and an amazing experience.
Posting opportunities are diverse and include a variety of clinical roles, instructional positions within clinical and military training establishments and other interesting jobs such as recruiting. You can also choose to join as a Soldier or Officer, depending on your qualifications, experience and the type of career you are looking for.
Royal Army Medical Service
The Royal Army Medical Service (RAMS) is responsible for maintaining the health of servicemen and women. The Corps is represented wherever the British Army is deployed, providing medical support to operations, exercises and Adventurous Training expeditions all over the world.
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
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Reserve (part time)
Entry requirements
Age:
From 17 years & 9 months to 49 years & 11 months
Qualifications:
ADULT NURSE: You need to be registered with the NMC. Clinically Qualified, Current and working in this field
Basic physical fitness assessment:
Mid Thigh Pull: 50kg
Medicine Ball Throw: 2.7m
MSFT (beep test): level 5.8
Training for the role
JOIN AS A REGISTERED NURSE
You'll command a team that provides the highest standard of care. 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. It's not all hard work though. You'll also get to travel, take part in Adventurous Training and play sports for the Army. With a competitive salary, non-contributory pension and free healthcare too, you'll get great rewards - and an amazing experience.
Opportunities to commission as an Officer depend upon your knowledge, skills and experience. 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.
TRAINING
Step 1
Your military training will take place both with your Unit and at Military Training Centres located across the UK
Step 2
You will then go on to Nurse specific training with your Unit. This will vary depending on your civilian qualifications and experience.
JOIN AS A STUDENT NURSE
You can join the Army Reserve as a Student Nurse, during your second and third year of training if you are planning a career in an acute or primary care (General Practice Nurse) setting (although until you are registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) you will remain a untrained). If you have a Care Certificate then you may join as a Healthcare Assistant until you complete your Nurse training and are registered with NMC when, you will then be transferred to a qualified nursing role within a medical unit.
Qualifications you could get after training
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.
Pay & benefits
You’ll be paid on a daily rate commensurate to your qualifications.
This includes being paid for weekly drill nights. Plus, if you complete all of your annual training days, you’re entitled to a tax-free lump sum called a bounty.
How to Apply
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'll need to pass a specialist skills interview to check that your skills are in line with our needs.