What is the average pay/salary for a registered nurse?

surreysaver

BrettMorganxD wrote: »

What is the average pay/salary for a registered nurse?

Is there such a thing as an unregistered nurse?

MX5huggy

surreysaver wrote: »

Is there such a thing as an unregistered nurse?

Yes, Nurse is not a protected title, architect is, physiotherapist is etc but Nurse is not.

http://www.nursingtimes.net/whats-new-in-nursing/protected-nurse-title-some-way-off/5012175.article

Realbairn

I'd say an unregistered nurse would be someone like your health care assistants etc, or nurse assistant as they are commonly known.

pmarsh1986

Registered nurse is a protected title. Nurse could not as we have nursery nurses, veterinary nurses, dental nurses, auxiliary nurses etc. interestingly the title doctor is not protected for obvious reasons but anyone purporting to be a registered medical practitioner is of course breaking the law.

To the poster (Vax) who suggested nurses earn £800 a week....aye right! If this was NHS and gross figure, the nurse would have to be a very senior band 7 or 8a. The majority of the (registered) nursing workforce are band 5 and 6.

Basic pay for a newly qualified nurse is £21,176 with higher cost area supplements for those in the south east. Unsocial hours (time + 30% for nights and Saturdays and time + 60% for Sundays and PHs) will of course add to the basic if not in a Mon-Fri post. Increments each year (except newly qualifies who go up 6 monthly for first two points) increase this towards the top of the band where only uplifts (if granted by government) or promotion to senior post will result in a pay increase.

But as another poster pointed out the salary is part of a package which includes generous sick pay, annual leave and other benefits.

t0rt0ise

Up to date salary scale is here http://www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/details/Default.aspx?Id=766 Registered nurse starts on band 5.

Mrs_Ryan

Cherry_Bomb wrote: »

16 - 18k is definitely wrong. That's more like the wages of a level 3 HCA

not even band 3 - I'm a band 2 HCA and my basic is 14614, I'm near the bottom of band 2, I earn about 17k with enhancements. Some of my colleagues who are at the top of band 2 earn nearly 20k as the top of band 2 is 17003 and with enhancements thats about 19.5k for the full timers. Band 3 goes from 15-18, the minimum starting salary for a registered nurse is 21176 according to the RCN - http://www.rcn.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/372992/004106.pdf

Yep realbairn you're right - the job title on my payslip says Unqualified Hospital Nurse (although Im an HCA on my contract and everything else)

milliemonster

Starting pay for a registered nurse (newly qualified) is £21176 with progression to the next point after 6 months and then another progression to the next point after another 6 months, further progressions are then yearly until the top of the band which is about £27k at the moment. (band 5 for newly qualified) and then you can only get further pay progression through promotion. Although currently in the economic climate as is, band 6 nurses that leave are being replaced by band 5's to cut costs so there aren't many opportunities for band 6 at the moment.

You don't automatically progress all the way through to the top of the band every year though, you have to prove you have the knowledge and skills for your level (look up KSF) and once you reach a gateway, have to prove even more, in our trust you have to have successfully passed a 3 month level 6 mentorship course at the university which is funded but you have to study for in your own time, 1 day a week in addition to your shifts, this is mandatory and you will not progress without it.

As others have said, you do get shift enhancements if you work shifts and this adds on approx £200-300 a month net on top of your basic pay on average.

Annual leave starts off at 6 weeks pa rising to 8 weeks pa after 10 years service, pension is currently 6.5% of your pay (possibly rising next yr), sickness benefit is 1 month full pay, 1month half pay for the 1st yr of service, 2months full pay and 2 months half pay after 2 yrs service, 4 months full pay and 4months half pay after 3 yrs service and then 6 months full pay followed by 6 months half pay after that.

So aside from pay, other benefits are generous compared to private sector, I have been a nurse for 15 yrs but have worked in the private sector (not as a nurse) for 5 yrs so have seen both sides of the coin. Current prospects for promotion in nursing are very poor as most of the jobs that are available are for band 5 only, not that there are many jobs going currently, out of the 140 student nurses that qualified at the university near to where I work in Sept, 2 got jobs, the rest are out of work, working in nursing homes, banking or agency, another 140 are due to qualify in Feb with no prospects at the moment, will prob change again in a few years but not good for newly qualifieds at the moment

Caroline73_2

What has made you set your sights on nursing?