Nuffield Health

The UK's largest healthcare charity, running hospitals, medical centres and fitness and wellbeing clubs, with apprenticeship routes into nursing.

About Nuffield Health

Nuffield Health is a UK healthcare charity that runs hospitals, medical centres and fitness and wellbeing clubs, and offers workplace health services. Its work covers treatment, prevention and keeping people well, from surgery to gym-based programmes.

Its stated purpose is to "build a healthier nation". It describes itself as a registered, trading charity that does not fundraise and reinvests its income into this purpose, and its "Programmes For All" aim to meet unmet health needs in local communities.

Its About us page lists 35 hospitals and around 110 fitness and wellbeing clubs, medical centres and workplace wellbeing facilities combined. It is a UK organisation, so look at its careers site for locations near you. We did not find a total staff number on the pages we read.

Nuffield Health says that being a charity lets it invest in staff development and training. Its own article stresses investing in people and developing talent. Treat this as the organisation's own view and ask about training budgets at interview.

A Nuffield Health article, first published in 2021 (as at 2021), describes healthcare assistants moving into a Nursing Associate apprenticeship across 31 hospitals, studying while working and able to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, with some continuing to a nursing degree top-up. Job boards also list apprenticeships, including a trainee nursing associate apprentice and personal trainer apprenticeships, but we did not read the details. Check Nuffield Health's careers site for current openings.

What they do

• {'desc': 'Surgery, scans, cancer and specialist care.', 'title': 'Hospitals'}
• {'desc': 'Gyms, pools and health programmes.', 'title': 'Fitness and wellbeing clubs'}
• {'desc': 'Health checks, GP and physiotherapy services.', 'title': 'Medical centres and workplace health'}

Key facts

• Describes itself as the UK's largest healthcare charity
• 35 hospitals listed on About us page
• About 110 clubs, medical centres and workplace facilities combined
• Nursing Associate apprenticeship pilot covered 31 hospitals (2021 article)

Website: www.nuffieldhealth.com