MENTAL HEALTH nurse salary?

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i am thinking of specialising in mental health when i come to study nursing can any1 tel me wether the salary is more that your average nurse? i heard it is but i also heard that the nursing salary is low any suggestions?

Reply 1

Profesh

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Reply 2

Mustard-man

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jadeee

i am thinking of specialising in mental health when i come to study nursing can any1 tel me wether the salary is more that your average nurse? i heard it is but i also heard that the nursing salary is low any suggestions?

my mum works in mental health, now commonly known as elderly 'assessment' units. She gets paid around £25,000 a year, and I think shes on E grade..... not quite sure.
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yes, nursing salaries are generally low

Reply 3

qwerty_st/n

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if you do a degree or diploma in mental health nursing, your starting salary will be exactly the same as that of a general nurse or paediatric nurse, which is just over £18 grand, you start off as a D grade (or whatever the equivalent is under the new agenda for change)

the pay increases the further up you go, so if you move to the top of your grade/band, you get paid more than someone at the lower end of the band/grade

all nurses have to carry on studying throughout there careers, all part of continuing personal/professional development.
you can move up to the next band/grade, which would be E (or equivalent band), although im not sure quite how you go about this, but i think its a lot to do with experience and skills, as you get better and so on,
and obviously the money goes up as you move up the professional ladder.
and this is generally the same regardless of which branch of nursing you are specialising in.

Reply 4

jadeee

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qwerty_st/n

if you do a degree or diploma in mental health nursing, your starting salary will be exactly the same as that of a general nurse or paediatric nurse, which is just over £18 grand, you start off as a D grade (or whatever the equivalent is under the new agenda for change)

the pay increases the further up you go, so if you move to the top of your grade/band, you get paid more than someone at the lower end of the band/grade

all nurses have to carry on studying throughout there careers, all part of continuing personal/professional development.
you can move up to the next band/grade, which would be E (or equivalent band), although im not sure quite how you go about this, but i think its a lot to do with experience and skills, as you get better and so on,
and obviously the money goes up as you move up the professional ladder.
and this is generally the same regardless of which branch of nursing you are specialising in.

i am doing a ba honours? so if i was to keep trainin then my salary will rise? as this seems to be a pretty low salary doesnt it

Reply 5

qwerty_st/n

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jadeee

i am doing a ba honours? so if i was to keep trainin then my salary will rise? as this seems to be a pretty low salary doesnt it

basically the money goes up the further up the banding scale you go
all nurses regardless of what qualification they trained at has to continue studying throughout their career in order to provide evidence based 'best' practice, its all part of the NMC (nursing & midwifery council) code of professional conduct.
also as far as specialising goes-a lot of specialist nurses have to do their masters degree as well after having had so many years experience, and specialist nurses are banded higher thus get higher wages

so in a word, i guess the answer to your question is yes, but its not a case of getting your nursing degree and then instead of going into practice as an registered nurse just carrying on to do your masters and getting into a higher paid job. it requires a lot of commitment even to the 'less prestigious' part of nursing, but thats not to say that you have to wait years and years, i know a junior sister who's only 26 so you can do it whilst your still young, but you have to have clinical experience, and studying on top of working as a nurse can be hard work.

i hope that helps :smile:

Reply 6

lifepak

The agenda for change has altered nurses pay and conditions. Check out the NMC website or even Unison's website for details of starting salaries. As a rough guide, I am a nursing sister and the top of my pay band is now £30,000. But remember that as an RMN you will get extra enhancents and also extra money for working shifts and weekends etc. Average takehome for a friend of mine who is newly qualified RMN is £1100 a month.Hope this is of help. If you wnat decent money nursing may not be an excellent choice but you arenever out of work!!!

Reply 7

wendizzle22

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If you search for mental health nursing in NHS jobs, you can see a list of different jobs within the field and how much they pay.

Reply 8

InArduisFouette

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jadeee

i am thinking of specialising in mental health when i come to study nursing can any1 tel me wether the salary is more that your average nurse? i heard it is but i also heard that the nursing salary is low any suggestions?

As a newly registered Nurse in ANY branch you will be paid 20 225 GBP basic if you are emploted on Agenda for change terms and conditions ( all NHS staff basically) this will be for a 37.5 hour full time week

http://www.rcn.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/183381/003269.pdf

this EXCLUDES london or other high cost area supplements

it also EXCLUDES any unsocial hours payments ( 30% for nights, saturdays and hours worked after 2000hrs as part of a day shift, 60% for sundays and bankholidays)

it also EXCLUDES the 38 gbp / year contribution towards your registration fees and if your job is community based your travelling expenses.

if you work in a secure environment ( forensic Mental Health unit, NHS employee working in a Prison) there are environmental allowances .

you will progress to the first increment after 6 months if all the peperwork is done properly and to the second increment after 12 months, subsequently if your performance is satisfactory you will progress through increments yearly

to move to band 6 you will needd to apply for and be appointed to a band 6 role

Reply 9

GodspeedGehenna

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wendizzle22

If you search for mental health nursing in NHS jobs, you can see a list of different jobs within the field and how much they pay.

Well done for bumping a thread made in 2005.

Reply 10

wendizzle22

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Oops, was searching in tfse for mental health nursing as i need some info myself and this was top of the list... didn't check the date! Sure a mod can close the thread if they like. It's a shame there isn't more info on the subject on here :frown:

Reply 11

xhelen1989x

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While theres a threadf on mental health nursing i thought i would ask a wuick question in here...to become a mental health nurse do you have to do a qualification in nursing and then specialise in mental health or could you maybe do a degree in psychology and then a conversion course/some other qulification after it? or would you have to do the psychology degree and then the nursing degree?

Reply 12

The Only Way Is Up

xhelen1989x - You can do a degree in BSc/BN Nursing (mental health), or you can do psychology, nursing (Adult) etc.. And do a convertion which is a PgDip in Nursing (Mental Health). :-) I will answer any questions on this - I have researched this topic, as I am start my Nursing (mental health) training, September 2012.

Reply 13

nursing advice

Just a quick question....
Can someone please tell me whats the highest paid job
in nursing? will it be A MENTAL HEALTH NURSE OR A REGISTERED
NURSE.

Reply 14

moonkatt

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Original post

by nursing advice

Just a quick question....
Can someone please tell me whats the highest paid job
in nursing? will it be A MENTAL HEALTH NURSE OR A REGISTERED
NURSE.

A mental health nurse is also a registered nurse. A learning disability nurse is also a registered nurse. A children's nurse is also a registered nurse. I think you get my drift.

Reply 15

boodeny

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Brother qualified in septemeber, ( cardiff ) and is on £25k

Reply 16

louiebaton

You should check out a career as a registered nurse.

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g363

Hello
New here and looking for info advice - hope you can help please.

My dsughter is just about to complete he A levels and was planning on doing a degree in psychology, which she enjoys!

recently she has spoken of her desire to maybe go ito mental health nursing instead - which I think would be a brilliant career for her!

My question is - how much 'nursing' is involved in getting your degree in mental health nursing. My daughter is very much a 'peoples person' and really enjoys the psychology she's doing. But not sure if she would handle it well if there was a lot of actual 'nursing' involved...ie blood/gore etc!

really would appreciate it if anyone can throw any light on this for me as I know she's very interested in helping people in this area.

Thankyou in advance...

Reply 18

crazychick123

Original post

by g363

Hello
New here and looking for info advice - hope you can help please.

My dsughter is just about to complete he A levels and was planning on doing a degree in psychology, which she enjoys!

recently she has spoken of her desire to maybe go ito mental health nursing instead - which I think would be a brilliant career for her!

My question is - how much 'nursing' is involved in getting your degree in mental health nursing. My daughter is very much a 'peoples person' and really enjoys the psychology she's doing. But not sure if she would handle it well if there was a lot of actual 'nursing' involved...ie blood/gore etc!

really would appreciate it if anyone can throw any light on this for me as I know she's very interested in helping people in this area.

Thankyou in advance...

Heya
im just about to start my final year as a mental health nursing student
for my degree course you do 50% practical (where you go on placements to gain experience) and 50% theory

as a mental health nurse you will be required to perform personal care, wound care and may be exposed to blood if an individual is self harming for example.

a person with a mental health illness may also have physical health needs which you may need to help them with but quite often from my own experience this is usually handled by a GP or outpatient/inpatient department depending on the severity

i was interested in doing psychology initially as well and decided on mental health nursing as there are often more job opportunities at the end of the course. there is a certain degree of psychology involved as you need to build therapeutic relationships with clients and interventions such as cognitive behavioural therapy are used. however the more nursing side of it includes administering medication and doing paperwork which your daughter may find difficult if she is more therapy orientated.

im personally really glad i chose mental health nursing over psychology but everyone is different the best thing to do is go to lots of open days!

hope this helps and the response wasnt to late!! GOOD LUCK!!

Reply 19

stevensy

Original post

by jadeee

i am thinking of specialising in mental health when i come to study nursing can any1 tel me wether the salary is more that your average nurse? i heard it is but i also heard that the nursing salary is low any suggestions?

that sounds like a good decision then. if that's what you really want then go ahead. me? i'd prefer to become a dentist soon. i am loving these numbers here: http://www.healthcaresalaryworld.com/what-is-dentist-salary/

I love it. besides i want to focus on children dentistry if there's any.

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