[sharrie]

Originally Posted by JaredCNA

Does HCA = health care assistant?
What does it mean, "band 3"?

Does anyone think it would be likely that I'd get a visa for a position like this?

As SIlverdragon and Zippy have said you are going to have great difficulty in getting a visa to work in the UK or Ireland because you are not a EU citizen, also I have recently advertised a band 3 healthcare support worker post and had to close because of the volume of applications, within 2 days I have over 40 applications all from the UK and about half of them were excellent applications.

I know we sound really negative but the reality is that unless you are a UK or EU citizen then you are not going to find work in the UK health care system.

[JaredCNA]

I know that you don't mean to sound negative. I take no offense.

I just can't understand why, with the current shortages in allied health and nursing professions, they wouldn't hire someone from overseas. Of course I'm sure others have probably wondered the same thing.

[ZippyGBR]

Originally Posted by JaredCNA

I know that you don't mean to sound negative. I take no offense.

I just can't understand why, with the current shortages in allied health and nursing professions, they wouldn't hire someone from overseas. Of course I'm sure others have probably wondered the same thing.

there is no shortage in the UK

there isn't always funding made available by commissions and lay management or the skill mix of the available labour pool is wrong but there is no shortage .... there are plenty of Nurses who want to work as nurses but cannot find an appropriate vacancy...