How to post a healthcare job in the UK
You publish the advert yourself and receive applications directly. Here is the whole flow, then the exact fields that make your advert eligible for Google for Jobs.
The 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.
Before you publish, run your draft through the free advert quality checker — it flags any missing required field and gives you a ready-to-paste JobPosting snippet.
The JobPosting field checklist
These are the fields Google’s JobPosting guidelines define, plus the two healthcare-specific fields every good clinical advert should state. Every role you post on GeraJobs is rendered as JobPosting-structured data — filling these in well is what makes it useful.
Specific job title
Required by GoogleA precise title such as “Band 6 Community Staff Nurse” — not “Nurse”. Google requires the title; specificity also lifts application quality.
Full role description
Required by GoogleThe duties, the team, the setting, and the requirements, in HTML or plain prose. Google requires a substantive description — aim for a few clear paragraphs, not one line.
Hiring organisation
Required by GoogleThe trust, practice, pharmacy, or care provider that is hiring, so candidates know the advert is genuine. Required by Google.
Job location (or remote)
Required by GoogleA physical work location, or mark the role remote. Google requires a location or a remote declaration.
Employment type
Recommended by GoogleFull-time, part-time, fixed-term, bank, or contract. Recommended by Google and a common candidate filter.
Salary or Agenda for Change band
Recommended by GoogleA stated range or NHS band. Recommended by Google and the single biggest driver of applicant response — quote the published NHS Employers band for NHS roles, or your own range for private roles.
Closing date (valid-through)
Recommended by GoogleWhen applications close. Google uses this to expire the listing; omitting it means the advert can look stale.
How to apply
Recommended by GoogleA direct application route so candidates can act immediately. On GeraJobs applications arrive in your dashboard; you can also add your own link.
Professional-registration requirement
Healthcare best practiceState it plainly where the role needs it — for example “must be NMC-registered”, “GMC registration required”, or “GPhC / HCPC registration required”. GeraJobs does not verify this; you check it when you hire.
DBS check level
Healthcare best practiceMost patient-facing and adult-social-care roles need a standard or enhanced DBS check — say which level, so applicants know what to expect.
Before you hire: your checks
Publishing an advert is separate from hiring. When you make an offer, the legal checks are yours to run, not the job board’s:
- Right to work. Every UK employer must complete a right-to-work check before employment starts — see the GOV.UK employer’s guide.
- DBS check. Most patient-facing and adult-social-care roles need a standard or enhanced DBS check.
- Professional registration. Confirm the candidate is on the relevant register (for example the NMC, GMC, GPhC or HCPC register) where the role requires it.
- Sponsorship, if hiring from overseas. You need a sponsor licence and the role must meet the Health and Care Worker visa rules.
Posting is free for up to 3 roles a month. To feature a role or hire continuously, see pricing & the boost decision (GBP 29 featured post / GBP 79/month Unlimited).
Sources
Facts reviewed July 2026.
- 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.