{"id":27,"date":"2020-07-15T09:41:29","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T08:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/?p=27"},"modified":"2021-04-24T11:19:35","modified_gmt":"2021-04-24T10:19:35","slug":"health-care-visa-coming-for-health-workers-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/health-care-visa-coming-for-health-workers-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Health &#038; Care Visa coming for Health workers (UK)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Health and Care visa is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/government-launches-health-and-care-visa-to-ensure-uk-health-and-care-services-have-access-to-the-best-global-talent\">special visa Category<\/a> for qualified doctors, nurses and allied health professionals who have been trained to a recognised standard which has just been launched by the UK government to attract skilled workers <!--more-->in the health and care related sectors from all around the world to the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Visa, which would be open for applications in August would come with the following concessions (compared to the Tier 2 visa):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A reduced application fee.<\/li>\n<li>Exemption from the Immigration Health surcharge<\/li>\n<li>Accelerated turnaround (within 3 weeks after biometric enrolment)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The professions that currently qualify for the Health and Care Visa (would be adjusted as time goes on) along wit their Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) codes are:<\/p>\n<p>2112\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Biological scientists and biochemists<\/p>\n<p>2113 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Physical Scientists<\/p>\n<p>2211 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Medical Practitioners<\/p>\n<p>2212 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Psychologists<\/p>\n<p>2213 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Pharmacists<\/p>\n<p>2214 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Ophthalmic Opticians<\/p>\n<p>2215 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Dental practitioners<\/p>\n<p>2217 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Medical Radiographers<\/p>\n<p>2218 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Podiatrists<\/p>\n<p>2219 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Health Professionals not elsewhere classified<\/p>\n<p>2221 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Physiotherapists<\/p>\n<p>2222 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Occupational Therapists<\/p>\n<p>2223 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Speech and Language Therapists<\/p>\n<p>2229 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Therapy professionals not elsewhere classified<\/p>\n<p>2231 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Nurses<\/p>\n<p>2232 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Midwives<\/p>\n<p>2442 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Social Workers<\/p>\n<p>3213 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Paramedics<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To be eligible for this visa category (which is similar to the Tier 2 Category), a worker qualified in one of the above fields would obtain a job offer either from an NHS trust\/health board or a medical\/social care organisations and must also meet all other usual conditions for entry into the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The visa category was created as a result of the government realising the importance of robust healthcare systems and professionals in the society as we faced the Coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>This is a great company for career development for health professionals in any part of the world and the visa launches, we would add instructions and details on how to apply.<\/p>\n<p>You can find how to <a href=\"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/how-to-apply-for-the-healthcare-worker-visa\/\">apply for the healthcare worker visa here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can get more skilled immigration opportunities by signing up on our website <a href=\"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\">Shortage Jobs<\/a> https:\/\/shortagejobs.com, you can also follow us on twitter for latest job opportunities at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shortagejobs\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/shortagejobs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Health and Care visa is a special visa Category for qualified doctors, nurses and allied health professionals who have been trained to a recognised standard which has just been launched by the UK government to attract skilled workers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-news","category-united-kingdom"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Health &amp; 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