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The average annual registered general nurse’s (RGN) salary for a registered professional with at least three-to-five years’ experience and working in England ranges between £30,980 and £36,500 per year.

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A registered general nurse (RGN) is a healthcare professional who helps vulnerable people. The job varies from day to day, and you may be working with individuals who have physical, mental or emotional issues. You will need to be a problem-solver, have good organisational knowledge and be a strong communicator.

To find out more about what a RGN does and the qualities needed to become a successful RGN on a good nurse’s salary, take a look at our tips on becoming a registered general nurse.

Preparing for a registered general nurse job interview can be a daunting task – it’s essential to research what setting you are going into and who you will be supporting. If you have recently applied for a RGN role and are looking for some advice, see our nursing interview tips.

The factors that influence nurse pay depend on whether the role is NHS or private.

All NHS nursing salaries in the UK are based on the Agenda for Change (AfC) nursing pay-banding system. This ensures that all nurses in the UK are paid the same depending on their role and experience.

As such, you can easily see what your pay will be at different stages in your career, helping you in kind to identify what you can do to improve your salary. Unlike in the private sector, you should receive the exact pay for your band and years’ experience.

In the private nursing sector, salaries are not subject to banding and are based on negotiation, as with most private-sector jobs. Here, the same things will affect your nursing salary – role and experience – but other factors like location and the outcome of salary negotiation will also have an impact. This is where understanding your salary versus others can be very useful.

The average mental health nurse salary in England is £18,810 based on three-to-five years' experience. For more information and to tailor your salary to your skills and experience, enter your email below to generate your personalised salary based on your criteria.

If you're new to the field and are wondering what mental-health nurse jobs involve, then view our guide to what it takes to become a mental-health nurse. Want to know what the role involves during the day-to-day? View our in-depth mental-health nurse job description guide.

If you are still looking for your ideal role within this field, then be sure to study our nursing job interview questions and answers to nail that interview and get the nursing salary that you want.

The average salary for a staff health nurse in England is £34,460 based on three-to-five years' experience. For more information and to tailor your salary to your skills and experience, enter your email below to generate your personalised salary based on your criteria.

Staff nurses can work in a very wide range of roles, wards and departments. Typically, though, they work in front-line, patient-facing roles within multidisciplinary teams. As such, staff nurses require characteristics such as empathy, teamwork, attention to detail and calmness under pressure, alongside skills related to their specialisms. Improving these can mean promotion and better nursing salaries.

Want to know more about the sector and how your career might progress? Read our guide to career paths. Meanwhile, if you want to learn about leadership skills – crucial for progression – find out more about becoming a leader in healthcare.

Looking for a job in nursing? To improve your chances of getting the job and salary that you want, read our job-interview questions-and-answers guide.

Do you want to know how much nurses are paid in the UK or are you considering moving to another type of nursing specialism and want to check the salary? Perhaps you’re a private nurse and want to improve your negotiating position when asking for more pay or joining a new role? Whatever your circumstances, our free calculator can help.

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