I’m in a serious predicament!
I’m 25 years old and currently work full time (37.5 hours a week) as a band 5 staff nurse nurse in a ward- lots of nights and weekends. I average around £1700 most months as my monthly pay, I bank around 2 Sunday’s a month for extra, so around an additional £400 a month as weekly bank pay (this goes into my savings).
I’m applying for a position in my ideal job- band 6 clinical nurse specialist in an specialised area. A fantastic opportunity as it’s a new role and guided by a nurse consultant who is very very well known in said speciality circles. Lots of additional training and potential for band 7 and even 8 roles. However, it’s only 19 hours a week and those are set as week days so no unsociable hours enhancements.
Obviously I would bank on wards alongside this. I’ve just bought a flat (alone) and expect my mortgage and all bills to be £1000 a month. That’s not including savings- but mortgage, council tax, phone, WiFi, water etc.
How much should I expect to earn in my monthly pay as a band 6 on 19 hours a week? The salary stated in the job interview is £31K which obviously isn’t correct, that’s full time band 6.
I would love to take the opportunity but don’t want my monthly wage to be so low it doesn’t even cover my mortgage and bills so I have to bank for those, especially as I’m concerned about dropping down to part time at just 25! Although with banks shifts I would be doing full time hours.