Training for Nurses and Healthcare Assistants 

British Nursing Association training for nurses and HCAs; enhancing patient care through sustainable learning and partnerships. As an agency nurse or HCA in the United Kingdom, it is important to complete your annual training and maintain high compliance levels to maximise your earning potential.

When you register to work with the British Nursing Association (BNA), you can complete your mandatory annual training at reduced rates, and even gain access to additional courses at no extra charge. BNA is part of the highly acclaimed A24Group. We have built relationships with reputable training facilities across the UK. This allows us to offer our agency staff mandatory and practical courses, aligned to the UK Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF), at reduced rates.

IMPORTANT: To streamline the certificate upload process and avoid unnecessary delays in updating your compliance status, please register for these packages using the exact email address associated with your Staffshift profile. This will ensure that your certificates are automatically uploaded and your profile is updated promptly.

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Only staff registered to work with the BNA nursing agency can access these learning opportunities. The more you learn, the more you can earn.   

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Essential Practical Training for Agency Healthcare Staff

As a responsible and ethical recruitment agency, we mandate that all our agency staff meet certain basic requirements to ensure they are fully qualified and prepared for their assigned roles. These requirements include completing the following practical training courses annually to maintain compliance with our clients' standards:

  1. Moving and Handling: this training equips healthcare workers with the proper techniques for safely moving and handling patients, minimizing the risk of injury to both the patient and the caregiver.

  2. Basic Life Support (BLS): BLS certification is crucial for healthcare professionals, enabling them to respond effectively to emergencies involving cardiac arrest or other life-threatening situations.

  3. Immediate Life Support (ILS): all clinically trained staff (doctors, registered nurses and midwives), who deliver or are involved in rapid tranquilisation, physical restraint and seclusion are to be trained in ILS. You can complete either or both neonatal life support and adult life support courses.

By completing these essential practical training courses, our agency healthcare staff demonstrates their commitment to providing high-quality, safe, and compassionate care to their patients.

We have partnered with reputable institutions to allow you to remain up to date with this training

CSTF Aligned Practical Training

The Health & Safety Group

Our preferred training provider with 47 venues nationwide, includes a comprehensive E-learning bundle with every Mandatory training booking. They offer two types of mandatory training at exclusive discounted rates: 

CSTF Mandatory + Statutory Practical-only (½ day): Book Now

  • Includes CSTF Practical Modules: Resuscitation, Moving & Handling, Fire Safety, and Conflict Resolution 

  • Optional: Up to 14 free E-learning courses depending on your role

CSTF Mandatory + Statutory All-in-1 Day: Book Now

  • Includes CSTF Practical Modules: Resuscitation, Moving & Handling, Fire Safety, Conflict Resolution, Infection Prevention & Control, Information Governance, Health Safety & Welfare, Equality Diversity & Human Rights, Preventing Radicalisation, Safeguarding Adults Level 1 & 2, Safeguarding Children Level 1 & 2 

  • Optional: Up to 8 free E-learning courses, depending on your role

The Direct Training Academy (Venues Nationwide)

Train Healthcare (Venues Nationwide)

Trained-Up (London)

  • All clinically trained staff who deliver or are involved in rapid tranquilisation, physical restraint and seclusion are to be trained in ILS. You can complete either or both neonatal life support and adult life support courses.

  • This is usually mandatory for all mental health clients and facilities, and encompasses physical restraint skills and techniques, including personal safety, control and restraint as appropriate to the assignment. Clients will only accept 1-day refresher if evidence of a previous full course completed can be provided. Clients will only accept BILD Certified training.

    IMPORTANT: Please ensure your training done via a BILD Accredited Provider

    We have partnered with the below training providers, where you can book your training at discounted rates.

    • Aberdeen 

    • Birmingham 

    • Bournemouth 

    • Brighton 

    • Bristol 

    • Cardiff 

    • Chelmsford 

    • Colchester 

    • Coventry 

    • Croydon 

    • Dundee 

    • Edinburgh 

    • Exeter 

    • Glasgow 

    • Hull 

    • Huntingdon 

    • Leeds 

    • Leicester 

    • Liverpool 

    • London Chiswick 

    • London Kensington 

    • London Stratford 

    • London Victoria 

    • London Waterloo 

    • Luton 

    • Maidstone 

    • Manchester 

    • Milton Keynes 

    • Newcastle 

    • Norwich 

    • Nottingham 

    • Oxford 

    • Plymouth 

    • Portsmouth 

    • Reading 

    • Sheffield 

    • Southampton 

    • Stoke-on-Trent 

    • Wrexham 

    • Stoke-on-Trent 

Enhance your Staffshift profile to earn more  

Please add your completed courses and certifications to your Staffshift profile. And regularly check your Staffshift Compliance Passport. This handy feature keeps track of your compliance status, reminds you when to renew your training and important documents, and more. The power is in your hands with Staffshift.   

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