About Us
The Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC) consists of Officers and Soldiers made up of the following Career Employment Groups (CEG)
- Nursing Officer - Adult
- Nursing Officer - Mental Health
- Soldier Nurse - Adult
- Soldier Nurse – Mental Health
- Student Nurse – Adult or Mental Health
- Healthcare Assistants
Where do we work?
- Ministry of Defence Hospital Units (MDHU)
- Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey
- Queen Alexandra's Hospital Portsmouth
- Derriford Hospital, Plymouth
- Edith Cavell Hospital, Peterborough
- Friarage Hospital, Northallerton
- The Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham
We also provide Primary and Secondary nursing care to the Army in Northern Ireland, Canada, Germany and Cyprus.
- Field Units
The QARANC can work within Field Hospitals and Medical Regiments (Regular Army) as well as in a variety of Territorial Army Medical Units.
- Staff & Command
There are opportunities for both QARANC Officers and Soldiers to work in a Staff and Command setting, such as Training, Development, Manning Recruitment or Personnel.
- Training & Education
There are QARANC Officers and Soldiers working in the Healthcare Assistant Training School, Birmingham City University and Army Training Regiments.
- On Operations
The QARANC serve wherever there are deployed troops. We serve on operations world-wide and provide primary and secondary nursing care to the British Army.