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Other Nursing Auxiliaries and Assistants

Nursing auxiliaries and assistants help nurses look after patients. They do everyday tasks like helping people wash and dress, check on how patients are doing, and make sure hospital wards are clean and organized.

Other Nursing Auxiliaries and Assistants

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Nursing and Midwifery

AI IMPACT
AI EXPOSURE TODAY6
20-YEAR SCENARIO
NOT A FORECAST
51%
THE DOOR · ENTRY DIFFICULTY TODAYB
STARTING PAY£18,000 - £22,000
PHYSICAL MOATThe work is hands-on, in the real world. Software alone can't do it.

THE DOOR: ENTRY DIFFICULTY TODAY, graded A (easy) to E (extremely hard). A Careermash rule-of-thumb index built from our AI exposure index and the job's moat class. It is not a forecast and not a count of job openings.

AI EXPOSURE TODAY is a Careermash index from 0 to 100 of how exposed this job's everyday tasks are to AI today. We estimate it by matching published research on how people use AI to this job, usually by keyword or subject area, and we lower it where the work is protected (for example by physical, personal or legal requirements). It is not a direct measurement of how much people in this job use AI.

This job holds up well against AI
AI exposure today is low on our index (6), and the work is hands-on, in the real world. Software alone can't do it. That is about as safe as careers get right now, though it is still worth learning to use the tools well.

Career progression path

1FIRST STEPJunior Nursing AuxiliaryAs a Junior Nursing Auxiliary, you will assist with basic patient care and support the nursing team in daily tasks, gaining valuable experience in a healthcare setting.£18,000 - £22,000
2GAINING EXPERIENCEMid-Level Nursing AssistantIn this role, you will take on more responsibilities, including monitoring patient conditions and assisting in more complex care tasks, while mentoring junior staff.£24,000 - £30,000
3PEAK CAREERSenior Nursing AuxiliaryAs a Senior Nursing Auxiliary, you will lead a team, coordinate patient care, and play a crucial role in developing care plans, ensuring high standards of patient support.£35,000+

Apprenticeship listings for this career → (June 2026 snapshot; check closing dates on the official service)

The degree route

Courses in this career's subject area, from the live library of 35,000; every one is AI impact assessed through its actual graduate destinations.

🎓Nursing AssociateThe University of Cumbria · the card page · will AI take its jobs?£38,000 median
🎓Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NursingRoyal School of Needlework(The) · the card page · will AI take its jobs?£34,500 median
🎓MidwiferyUniversity of Southampton · the card page · will AI take its jobs?£33,000 median
🎓Mental Health NursingDancebox Theatre Works · the card page · will AI take its jobs?£32,000 median
🎓Mental Health Nursing with foundation yearCoventry University · the card page · will AI take its jobs?£32,000 median
🎓MidwiferyUniversity of Plymouth · the card page · will AI take its jobs?£29,000 median

All Nursing and Midwifery courses as cards →

There is more than one way in

You do not have to go the university route to get here. There is an apprenticeship route into this career. There is also a vocational route that skips a degree entirely. Some employers will take you on here with no formal qualifications at all, if you can show you can do the work.

Degree subjects that lead this way

Courses in this career's subject area, from the same register that priced the degree above. Subject-matched, not a guaranteed qualifying route: check each course's own entry requirements and any professional accreditation before you rely on it.