How much does a Nurse Make in the UK
Generally the pay for nurse in the UK in comparison with other jobs and professions, which is part of the reason for the continual shortage of trained staff to fill this role in many areas of the country, particularly as rates of pay for nurses in many other countries are far more attractive.
Within the National Health Service a grading scale of pay for nurses is in operation and their salaries are thus dependent upon their experience, position and qualifications. The grades are identified in a band between A and H, with the A, B and C scales being the pay applicable to nurses without qualification, student nurse and other more general nursing assistants.
A nurse who is newly or recently qualified will start on grade D and earn around 15,500 ($31,000) per annum and this, as they become more experienced and rise to grade E, con increase to a maximum of just under 19,000 ($38,000). The F and G grade of pay, between 18,000 and 25,000 is reserved for nurses who have more responsibility and have taken on roles of a supervisory nature, such as ward sister. The highest NHS grad (H), where salaries can reach be as high as 32,000 ($64,000) is applied to the more specialist nursing members.In addition to the above salaries, nurses may also receive additional allowances in certain circumstances. For example, if they are working in London, they will receive what is known as a weighting allowance, which is currently just over 3,000.
Outside of the NHS in the private sector nursing salaries tend, at least at the higher end of the pay grades, salaries will tend to be higher, although there is not a vast difference. Similarly, if a nurse works is employed by an agency it is likely that there will be a premium added to her rate of pay, although it has to be remembered that, in this case, the job security and continuity of work is often not available.
What has to be remembered when considering nurses pay rates is that, whilst some of the above levels may seem quite reasonable, one also has to take into account the long and anti-social hours that nurses have to endure in the course of their work. Furthermore, there are increasing levels of abuse and violence directed at nurses by members of the public, which does nothing to enhance their working conditions, nor is it fully recompensed within their pay structure.
