Nurses care for adults who are sick, injured or have physical disabilities.
£23,023 Starter
to£49,969 Experienced
37 to 42 a week
evenings / weekends / bank holidays on shifts
You can get into this career through:
You can do a degree in adult nursing approved by the Nursing & Midwifery Council.
You may be able to join a nursing degree on the second year of a course if you already have a degree in:
Full-time courses usually take 3 years.
You'll usually need:
You may be able to do a degree apprenticeship in nursing if you work in a healthcare setting like a hospital.
The apprenticeship takes around 4 years and is a mix of academic study and on-the-job training in the workplace.
You must be supported by your employer to take this route.
You'll usually need:
You'll find it helpful to get some paid or voluntary experience in social care or healthcare work before you apply for nurse training.
you'll need to register with the Nursing & Midwifery Council
You'll find more advice about how to become a nurse from the Royal College of Nursing and Health Careers.
You'll need:
You'll need to:
In this role you could be:
You could work in an NHS or private hospital, at a health centre, at a hospice, at an adult care home, at a client's home or in a prison.
Your working environment may be physically and emotionally demanding.
You may need to wear a uniform.
With experience, you could become a nursing sister, ward manager or team leader.
You could train as a midwife, neonatal nurse, health visitor, district or practice nurse. You could move into management, as a matron or director of nursing.
With a master's, you could become an advanced nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist then a nurse consultant.
You could also become self-employed or work overseas.
We can't find any apprenticeship vacancies in England for a Nurse right now.
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