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Graduates

The best possible start to your career

If you’re a newly-qualified nurse, our bespoke graduate programmes offer you the chance to develop your skills and discover where your interests lie.

Graduate careers at HCA UK

The great thing about joining HCA UK as a graduate is that, from day one, you’ll be in control of your development. Simply choose the specialist areas that interest you most and we’ll do our best to create a programme that’s structured around those areas.

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Graduate programmes

Broadly speaking, our opportunities for graduates fall into two three key areas. Whatever path you take, you’ll find it’s all about delivering the highest standards of care.

Nurses

Take patients through the entire care journey, from initial diagnosis to treatment outcome.

Theatres

Join our dedicated team using the latest equipment at over 30 operating theatres across the country.

Midwives

Gain first-hand experience at the only private midwifery hospital in the UK, providing outstanding antenatal, intranatal and postnatal care.

Working environment

We pride ourselves on investing in the most advanced technology and therapies, so you can be confident you’re working at the forefront of healthcare. It also means you can focus on learning, gaining new experiences and building on everything you’ve learnt in your degree. Put simply, we’ll empower you to be at your best.

Graduate Life

As a graduate here, you’ll have all the training and support you need to grow your skills and launch a successful long-term career with us. You’ll be working alongside – and learning from – highly skilled experts as part of a friendly, down-to-earth and collaborative team.

Employment for third year students

If you’re a nursing student at one of our academic affiliates, you can benefit from a supportive and straightforward process to help you move into your first job. This includes:

  • A guaranteed values-based employment interview with no testing for things like literacy or numeracy (plus coaching and support to help you reapply if you’re unsuccessful)
  • A conditional offer of employment within 24 hours
  • The opportunity to work as a healthcare support worker after finishing your degree until your NMC registration is confirmed
  • A high quality preceptorship programme aligned to the CapitalNurse framework with a named preceptor allocated from day one
  • A transfer scheme once you’ve been qualified for 9 months along with rotation programmes.

Locations

We have opportunities for newly qualified nurses at our sites across London and in Manchester.

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What you can expect as a graduate here

Graduates have an important role to play in our success, so we’ll make sure you have everything you need to thrive now, and develop with us long into the future.

Support

We’ll make sure you get the hands-on experiences you need to develop quickly, but you’ll always be supported by an expert team so that you feel fully confident in everything you do. You’ll also be allocated your very own mentor – someone you can turn to for day-to-day advice and guidance.

Training programme

Over the course of your 18-month graduate programme, you’ll complete three six-month placements. Moving between different hospitals and specialisms will give you a fantastic overview of HCA UK – all while refining your skills, developing your confidence and building your career.

Career progression

Once you’ve successfully completed the programme, you’ll have huge scope to progress. The breadth of our organisation will open up lots of new development opportunities where we offer exceptional on-going training programmes. You can choose to specialise or to experience life in a range of departments.