Career spotlight
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants
Average National Salaries (2020)
Age 20
£15,600
Age 35
£25,480
Age 50
£28,080
Average salary in the East Midlands: £19,240
What does this career do?
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.
Typical tasks
- performs basic clinical tasks such as taking patients’ temperature and pulse, weighing and measuring, performing urine tests and extracting blood samples
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prepares patient for examination and treatment
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distributes and serves food, assists patients in feeding and prepares snacks and hot drinks
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assists patients in washing, dressing, toiletry activities and general mobility
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changes bed linen, makes beds and tidies wards.
Current entry requirements
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.
Percentage in work
Due to insufficient sample sizes, some data was excised.
Predicted employment status in 2022
Full-time
Part-time
Self Employed
Predicted employment levels in the East Midlands
Career related courses available at West Notts
There are no current courses offered by West Notts that are related to this career.
About the statistics
Data is powered by LMI for All and is sourced from labour market statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the Institute for Employment Research, the Department for Works and Pensions, and the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.