What Work Cambridgeshire and Rutland 2016 | Page 8
What Work Cambridgeshire & Rutland 2016
HEALTH AND
SOCIAL CARE
A job in the health and social care sector can be extremely rewarding and despite some recent
job losses in the public sector, there are many skill shortages. Many roles focus on care, others
are based in labs but there are also support roles in admin, security and maintenance which are
essential to the day-to-day running of the service. Some services come under the private sector
as well as the public with the voluntary sector also playing a large role.
What is happening?
Skills & qualities
• Health and social care is one of the largest employment
sectors in Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Rutland and
the largest in the UK.
• The number of people working in private health rather
than the NHS is growing1.
• The future? New technologies will have a huge impact
on healthcare including patient monitoring, diagnostics,
robotics and bioscience. These are creating new job areas,
for example in telehealth.
Useful subjects
• Nurses are constantly in demand and there are also skill
shortages for midwives, care assistants, social workers,
orthoptists, bioscientists and radiographers.
• Demand for people with Level 3 qualifications and above.
• Adult social care workforce must grow by 80% by 20252.
What could you earn?*
• Cambridgeshire is a hotspot for bioscience: Astra Zeneca
is building the largest centre for cancer research in the
world at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus; Granta Park
is also home to a number of leading companies in medical
science research and development (R&D);
Babraham Campus is one of seven Research
Councils developing the skills of scientists
and doctors.
Pharmacist
£41,500
Midwife
£35,700
Dental nurse
£17,500
Social worker
£32,300
Care home assistant
£15,800
Residential home manager
£30,500
Doctor
£71,100
Medical secretary
£21,400
Local employers
• NHS including hospitals such as
Addenbrooke’s and many health centres
• Cambridgeshire County Council, Rutland
County Council and Peterborough City
Council
• Rutland Care
Village
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• Bupa
• Various care homes
On the web
www.nmas.ac.uk
www.stepintothenhs.nhs.uk
www.nhscareers.nhs.uk
www.skillsforcare.org.uk
www.skillsforcareanddevelopment.org.uk
1 Skills for Care 2 Skills for Care * Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2014.
Average full-time (median) salary rounded to nearest £100. Doesn’t include self employed.