For UK healthcare employers
Hire healthcare staff — advertise the role yourself
Write your own advert for NHS, GP, dental, pharmacy or CQC-regulated care roles, publish it as JobPosting-structured data, and receive applications directly. No agency, no consultant, and no fee per hire.
How do I advertise a healthcare job in the UK myself, and what does it cost?
You post it yourself: create a free employer account, write the advert with the fields Google needs (title, description, hiring organisation, location, salary and closing date), and publish. Post 3 roles free each month, feature one for GBP 29 for 30 days, or hire continuously on Unlimited at GBP 79/month. GeraJobs is a job board, not a recruitment agency — no fee per hire, and candidates are never charged to apply.
Post a role in five steps
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Create a free employer account
No card is needed to start. Add your organisation name, sector, and a named contact so applicants can see who is hiring. Care providers that hold CQC registration can add their provider ID to build trust.
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Write the advert against the Google JobPosting checklist
Give a specific job title, a full description, the hiring organisation, the location (or “remote”), the employment type, and — strongly recommended — a salary or Agenda for Change band and a closing date. Run it through the advert checker below before you publish.
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State the compliance requirements up front
Say plainly if the role needs professional registration (for example “must be NMC-registered”) and which DBS level applies. This is your obligation as the employer; GeraJobs does not carry out these checks.
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Publish free, or feature it
Publish on the Free plan (3 live posts a month), pay GBP 29 to feature a single role for 30 days, or take Unlimited at GBP 79/month if you are hiring continuously.
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Receive and manage applications yourself
Applications land in your dashboard — filter candidates, track status, and message applicants directly. No middlemen, no per-applicant fee, and no commission when you hire.
Everything you need to advertise well
How to post a healthcare job
The five self-serve steps, plus the exact Google JobPosting fields your advert needs to be eligible for Google for Jobs.
Open →Free advert quality checker
Paste your draft advert and get an instant Google-for-Jobs eligibility verdict, plus a ready-to-paste JobPosting snippet.
Open →Pricing & the boost decision
Free vs the GBP 29 featured post vs GBP 79/month Unlimited — with the cross-over maths.
Open →Why advertise here
The honest reasons — direct applications, no per-hire fee, structured data — and what we are not.
Open →Employer questions
- Is this different from a recruitment agency?
- Yes. There is no agency and no consultant in the loop. You write and publish the advert yourself and receive applications directly in your dashboard. GeraJobs never charges a fee per hire and never takes a commission on a placement.
- What does it cost to advertise a healthcare role?
- The Free plan includes 3 live posts a month with basic applicant tracking. A one-off featured post is GBP 29 for a single 30-day listing with applicant messaging. Unlimited is GBP 79/month for unlimited posts across all your locations. Candidates are never charged to search or apply.
- How do I get my advert into Google for Jobs?
- Every role you publish is rendered with valid JobPosting structured data — that is the format Google uses for its Jobs experience. Include the required and recommended fields (the advert checker shows you which are missing). Whether and when Google surfaces a given listing is decided by Google, not by GeraJobs.
- When is the £29 featured post worth it versus the £79 Unlimited plan?
- Feature a single role for GBP 29 when you have one hard-to-fill vacancy and want it at the top of results for 30 days. Move to Unlimited (GBP 79/month) once you are advertising more than roughly three featured roles a month, or hiring continuously across several sites — the maths crosses over at about three featured posts.
- Can I advertise a role that needs registration or a DBS check?
- Yes — and you should state those requirements in the advert (for example “must be NMC-registered”, “enhanced DBS check required”). GeraJobs does not verify them; the checks are carried out by you when you hire.
- Do you help sponsor overseas healthcare workers?
- We publish general information about the Health and Care Worker visa and the sponsor-licence requirement, but GeraJobs is not an immigration adviser and does not run recruitment campaigns. As a matter of policy we provide information only and do not actively recruit from countries on the WHO 2023 safeguards list.
Sources
Facts reviewed July 2026. Always confirm the current position with the official source.
- Google — JobPosting structured-data guidelines — The required and recommended JobPosting fields an advert must include to be eligible for the Google Jobs experience — the checklist the advert checker scores against.
- NHS Employers — Agenda for Change pay scales 2025/26 — The published NHS pay bands to quote when advertising an NHS role.
- GOV.UK — Right to work checks: an employer’s guide — The right-to-work check every UK employer must carry out before hiring.
- GOV.UK — DBS checks for employers — The criminal-record check levels (basic / standard / enhanced) relevant to healthcare and adult-social-care roles.
- GOV.UK — Health and Care Worker visa — Eligibility and the sponsor-licence requirement for hiring from overseas.
- GOV.UK — Code of Practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel — The ethical-recruitment code and the reference to the WHO safeguards list.
- WHO — Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List 2023 — The list of countries not to be actively recruited from.
GeraJobs is a job board — not a recruitment agency and not a healthcare regulator. We do not register, vet, place, or supply staff, and we do not guarantee any number of applicants. Posting a role means publishing your own advertisement. Hiring decisions, right-to-work checks, DBS checks, and professional-registration checks remain the employer’s responsibility. Any international-hiring information here is general guidance for individuals who choose to move of their own accord; as a matter of policy we provide information only and do not actively recruit from countries on the WHO 2023 Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List. Fees, pay scales, structured-data rules and immigration rules change — always confirm the current position with the relevant official source before acting.