£15,600
Average salary at age 20
£25,480
Average Salary
31
Average hours per week
Description
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants assist doctors, nurses and other health professionals in caring for the sick and injured within hospitals, homes, clinics and the wider community.Main Tasks
- Performs basic clinical tasks such as taking patients’ temperature and pulse, weighing and measuring, performing urine tests and extracting blood samples;
- Prepares patient for examination and treatment;
- Distributes and serves food, assists patients in feeding and prepares snacks and hot drinks;
- Assists patients in washing, dressing, toiletry activities and general mobility;
- Changes bed linen, makes beds and tidies wards.
Qualifications
There are no formal academic entry requirements. Off- and on-the-job training is provided. NVQs/ SVQs in Care are available at Levels 2 and 3.What Nursing auxiliaries and assistants studied in higher education
| Occupation | Percentage Value |
|---|---|
| (C9) Others in biological sciences | 3 |
| (L4) Social policy | 2 |
| (B2) Pharmacology, toxicology & pharmacy | 1 |
| (L3) Sociology | 2 |
| (C1) Biology | 5 |
| (F1) Chemistry | 1 |
| (C8) Psychology | 23 |
| (Y0) Combined | 1 |
| (A3) Clinical medicine | 1 |
| (C7) Molecular biology, biophysics & biochemistry | 3 |
| (Q3) English studies | 1 |
| (B7) Nursing | 11 |
| (M2) Law by topic | 1 |
| (B9) Others in subjects allied to medicine | 7 |
| (B1) Anatomy, physiology & pathology | 4 |
| (F4) Forensic & archaeological sciences | 1 |
| (B4) Nutrition | 1 |
| (N1) Business studies | 1 |
| (X3) Academic studies in education | 3 |
| (L5) Social work | 14 |
| (C6) Sport & exercise science | 5 |
| (V1) History by period | 1 |
| (L6) Anthropology | 1 |
UK Prospects
260700
Workforce Size
5.40%
Predicted growth 2024 - 2027
47530
Predicted Replacement 2024 - 2027
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