I want to become a mental health nurse.

Also i want to become a mental health officer. Do i have to become a soldier then officer?

As a mental health nurse, you will be in a firm base at a medical hospital rather than in the field at a forward base.

Would there be days where i’ll be serving on the front line?

Becoming a mental health officer at the min will require you to join as a soldier first and then go for LE commissioning at a later date.

No not as a mental health nurse.

However during basic training you will be trained up to the same level as every other soldier in the army .

Can i join the army as an officer and in the first phase as an officer

Yes you can, but not as a mental health nurse.

The way to join as a mental health nurse officer at the min is, qualify as a MHN, then apply to the army you'll do the short course at sandhurst, 9 weeks. Then you'll do your entry officers course 8 weeks

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