Take patients through the entire care journey, delivering exceptional care from initial diagnosis to treatment outcome.
NEWLY QUALIFIED: CLINICAL
The best possible start to your career
Whether you're a newly qualified nurse, nursing associate or theatre practitioner, this is a place where you can feel supported from the start, and inspired to shape the future you want. It’s how we care.
Begin your career with confidence
At HCA UK, you’ll join a close-knit, compassionate team that treats you as an individual. From your very first day, you’ll be learning from experienced colleagues, supported by mentors, and working with some of the most advanced technology in healthcare. And throughout it all, you’ll always have the kindness, respect and encouragement of people who recognise and genuinely value the difference you make.
Starting out in your career can be a big step, but with our structured preceptorship programme and hands-on experience, we’ll support you to build confidence, grow your skills, and explore the path that’s right for you.
Clinical Preceptorship Programmes
We offer dedicated preceptorship pathways to support your development, whatever direction you choose. Our current opportunities for newly qualified professionals include:
Nurses (Adult and Child)
Theatres
Join our dedicated team using the latest equipment at over 50 operating theatres across the country.
Nursing Associates
Support patients throughout their journey, working closely with wider teams to deliver the best possible 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 qualification. Put simply, we’ll empower you to be at your best.
Graduate life
As a newly qualified professional, you’ll have access to structured support, career development and a community of compassionate colleagues. You’ll be surrounded by colleagues who genuinely care and work as part of a friendly, professional team ensuring you have everything you need to begin a long, successful career with us.
Employment for 3rd year students
If you’re a nursing student at one of our academic affiliates and have a placement with us, you can benefit from a supportive and straightforward process to help you move into your first role. 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)
- 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 from day one
What you can expect as a graduate here
We know how much the right support matters at the start of your career, which is why we’ll be by your side from the beginning.
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.
You will have the chance to discuss if a rotation programme is available and suitable to your personal career goals. These can vary in duration, specialism, and hospital locations.
Once you’ve successfully completed the programme, you’ll have plenty of 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.
Recognition for the difference you make
Flexibility. Outstanding benefits. Wellbeing programmes. It’s how we care for you.
Because we know our exceptional patient care is all thanks to the people delivering it. So when you’re part of our team, we’ll ensure you’re fairly rewarded and celebrated for your outstanding contribution.
From private healthcare for your family to a wide range of wellbeing services and pensions that plan for the future, we’re here to look after you in the moments that matter. And through all life’s ups and downs. Click here to discover the full range of benefits you’ll get to enjoy.
Locations
We have opportunities for newly qualified nurses at our sites across London and in Manchester.
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At HCA UK we recognise the value of candidates who have served in the Armed Forces. As proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant we welcome applications from both Armed Forces Veterans and Armed Forces Reservists.
HCA UK is proud to be named among the top 50 in the Financial Times UK’s Best Employers 2025, based on an independent survey of 20,000 employees. This recognition highlights our commitment to supporting our colleagues.
We take our quality of care very seriously as every one of our facilities is monitored, inspected and regulated by CQC.
HCA UK is proud to be part of the Disability confident scheme which supports employers to successfully employ and retain disabled people and those with health conditions.