Most of these roles will be in frontline healthcare services such as professional carers and nurses. Applicants are encouraged from those working in retail, hospitality and leisure, who have transferable skills that they can bring to the care sector.

Cera also offers flexible hours, with excellent career development opportunities, for those looking to take on extra work alongside a primary job, to earn more and help with the cost-of-living pressures.

Dr Ben Maruthappu MBE, CEO and co-founder of Cera, was one of the healthcare leaders to attend the prime minister’s emergency NHS Recovery Forum at Number 10 Downing Street earlier this month, considering opportunities to rapidly alleviate NHS pressures.

He said: “Britain is facing a dual crisis – an economic one and a second that grips our health service. We are hoping this ambitious jobs programme goes some way to solving both crises: helping people return to work at a challenging time and allowing us to deliver millions more home healthcare visits each year. Our technology allows us to effectively recruit and train new carers in record time, to rapidly expand our care capacity.”

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