Health and Care Worker Visa Jobs with Sponsorship
1,265 verified sponsored roles on the Health and Care Worker route. Certificate of Sponsorship confirmed. Every listing meets the Home Office sponsor licence, an eligible SOC code, and the £25,000 salary threshold.
How Health and Care Worker sponsorship works
33 eligible SOC codes for new applicants
Only roles that map to one of 33 specific SOC codes qualify for new applications: registered nurses, doctors, paramedics, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social workers, radiographers, pharmacists, and related professionals. A further 6 codes are available for extensions only.
Certificate of Sponsorship confirmed
For NHS and direct-ATS listings, we verify that a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) is available before marking a role as verified. Around 34% of matched health employers have no active CoS allocation at any given time.
£25,000 salary threshold
The going-rate minimum is £25,000, set specifically to keep NHS and social care roles accessible. This is well below the Skilled Worker threshold of £41,700. Individual roles have their own going-rate floors set by the Home Office.
Qualifying occupations (sample of 33 eligible SOC codes)
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Health and Care Worker visa — common questions
- What is the Health and Care Worker visa?
- A dedicated sub-category of the Skilled Worker route for healthcare and social care professionals. The lower salary threshold (£25,000 vs £41,700) and reduced application fees make it accessible for NHS-banded roles that would not meet the standard Skilled Worker minimum.
- Which roles qualify for the Health and Care Worker visa?
- Only roles that map to one of 33 specific SOC codes qualify for new applicants: registered nurses, doctors, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, radiographers, pharmacists, social workers, and related professionals. (A further 6 codes are available for extensions and visa updates only.) Care workers qualify only if employed by a provider registered with the Care Quality Commission. General admin or management roles within the NHS do not qualify.
- What is a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) and why do we check it?
- A CoS is a unique reference number your sponsor employer generates for you, included in your visa application. The employer must hold an unused CoS allocation. Many NHS trusts that hold a sponsor licence have exhausted their allocation at any given point. This is why we specifically check CoS availability rather than just the licence status.
- Is this different from Tier 2 Health and Care?
- Yes — the Health and Care Worker visa replaced Tier 2 (General) Health and Care in August 2020 with a dedicated lower-cost route. The eligible SOC codes and CoS requirement remain, but the salary floor and application fee structure changed.
- What is the difference between the Skilled Worker visa and the Health and Care Worker visa?
- The Health and Care Worker visa is a discounted sub-route of Skilled Worker with three main differences. First, fees: application fees are roughly half (£324 vs £819 for a visa of up to 3 years). Second, the Immigration Health Surcharge (£1,035 per year on the Skilled Worker route) is fully waived for Health and Care Worker applicants and their dependants. Third, eligible occupations are restricted to doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, and adult social care workers employed by the NHS or a CQC-registered provider. Visa duration and the 5-year settlement pathway are identical on both routes.
- Does the NHS sponsor for 5 years?
- NHS employers can issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for up to 5 years, which is the legal maximum under the Immigration Rules. Whether they do so depends on the employment contract: permanent roles are routinely sponsored for the full 5 years, while fixed-term contracts result in a CoS matching the contract length. There is no NHS-wide policy capping CoS duration below 5 years.
- Is the care worker visa closed in the UK?
- For new overseas applicants, yes. Since 2024, the care worker SOC codes (6135 and 6136) have been closed to new entrants from outside the UK. Overseas care workers can no longer use the Health and Care Worker visa to come to the UK for the first time under these codes. The restriction runs until at least 22 July 2028. Existing care workers already in the UK can still extend or switch their visa under these codes. The route for nurses, doctors, physiotherapists, and other allied health professionals is not affected and remains fully open.