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Naval Nurse (Qualified)
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Naval Nurse (Qualified)

You’ll be a key part of the nursing team in an MOD hospital unit, keeping our personnel fit and healthy.

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  • £25,200 - £60,000
  • Undergraduate Degree
  • Surface Fleet
  • Medical
  • Rating level

At a glance

This job sits within the Healthcare & Medical Profession and is a Healthcare & Medical Rating (Qualified) role. Wherever you are in the world, you’ll play a key part in keeping our people fit and healthy. Expect unparalleled diversity, leadership opportunities, fast-tracked development – and a medical career like no other.

£40,700

The minimum amount you'll earn after training

£50,000

Earn over this amount as your progress

BSc/BA

In Adult Nursing needed

6 weeks

Of paid holiday every year

Free

Medical and dental care

Travel

All around the world
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Working in different environments, from rehab and emergency care to hospital ships, makes nursing in the Royal Navy a challenge full of amazing opportunities that I wouldn't get anywhere else.

Marta

Naval Nurse, Medical Branch

Role details

What you’ll do

On shore during peacetime where your patients are your friends. At the scene of a natural disaster providing essential primary care. Wherever you are in the world, as a Naval Nurse you’ll play a key part in keeping our people fit and healthy. It’s a role full of responsibility and alongside your clinical work, you’ll also supervise and mentor junior personnel.

Life as a Naval Nurse means unparalleled diversity, leadership opportunities, fast-track training and unrivalled experience.

Your role

  • Join at a level that reflects your nursing experience
  • Develop and maintain your clinical competencies and skills within a Joint Hospital Group Unit
  • Complete preceptorship, if newly qualified
  • 2-year foundation programme to rotate round a variety of clinical areas to develop skill set
  • Deploy in challenging environments all over the world
  • Take on leadership and management responsibilities as your career progresses
  • Further opportunities to carry out specialist courses including: intensive care, emergency medicine, infection prevention control and primary care

Pay & benefits

  • Earn at least £40,700 after initial training
  • Excellent pay and promotion opportunities
  • A non-contributory pension scheme
  • Six weeks of paid holiday every year
  • Free medical and dental care
  • Sports and Adventurous training
 

Skills for life

Qualifications you'll gain

  • Study for GCSEs, A-Levels, NVQs or even a degree, partially funded by us
  • Gain specialist vocational qualifications as your career progresses at Level 6 or 7, all funded by us
  • Civilian recognised Leadership and Management qualifications
  • Standard and enhanced learning credits for personal and professional development
     

Skills you'll develop

  • Continued training and development in challenging environments 
  • Ability to be adaptable and flexible to practice nursing anywhere around the world
  • Team working and communication
  • Leadership and management
     

Eligibility

  • You must be aged 20 to 39
  • BSc/MSc or BA Adult Nursing
  • You need to be registered with the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC)
  • You must be a United Kingdom national, or Commonwealth citizen, or Dual National. Dual Nationality restrictions do apply
  • A Body Mass Index (BMI) between 18 and 28 (between 17 and 27 if under 18)

Skills & Interests

  • An ambitious medical professional
  • Quick thinking and calm under pressure
  • A caring and compassionate nature
  • A team player
  • An adventurous spirit

 

Joining Process

From picking your role to starting on your first day, these are the steps you'll take to join as a rating.

Step 1

Submit an application

Once you’ve registered your interest in a Profession, and have satisfied some basic eligibility criteria, you will be sent an online application form.

Step 2

Interview

A formal Selection Interview assessment will be conducted , and discussion of the role you are qualified for. It will also cover the initial stages of the Security application. This is normally conducted using your own device over the Shine video platform.

Step 3

Qualified Mental Health Nurse Assessment Board

This is a 1-day Assessment board where you will be asked to deliver a 10-minute presentation on a clinically related subject, participate in a Group exercise and sit a competency-based interview led by Nurse Education Advisor and Medical Specialist Recruitment Team. Assessment Boards are conducted subject to requirement.

Step 4

Candidate Preparation Course (CPC)

This is a four-day induction to life in the Royal Navy, including assessments of your Fitness and your Medical eligibility, it is a pass or fail course.

Step 5

Start training

Once you’ve passed all eligibility criteria, including a Security Check, you’ll be offered a place at HMS Raleigh to commence your initial training.

Career Progression

From responsibilities to pay, find out where this role can take you.
Day one
Start Initial Naval Training at HMS Raleigh
Year one
Start your first draft at a Joint Hospital Group Unit
First promotion
Promote to Leading Naval Nurse on completion of HMS Raleigh
Second promotion
Based on merit, if you work hard you can be promoted to Petty Officer

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