What jobs will employ you with a nursing degree?

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Want to leave nhs nursing but what other jobs could I go into? Can't afford a big pay cut. Am band 5 currently.

Go into private healthcare. Much better working conditions, but crap pension.

Clinical research - still nursing but without the long ward shifts, or public health / health improvement roles

Private school matron?

Following with interest. Also want to leave nursing...

School nursing? Health visitor?

Beauty industry for botox , laser treatments, micro blading etc

What about serving as a nurse/first aider at an institution (eg a university) or a corporate venue of some sort?

Or teach nursing at a nursing college?

Or find a job in a private healthcare setting?

I work in private health and social care and we are crying out for nurses. So much so, nurses are naming their salaries. Unit leaders are on around £50k in my service for a 30 bedded unit, I’ve just lost a nurse with management experience to a company who’s offered her £100k!

I left the NHS over 20 years ago, worked in the 3rd sector in management, worked also for the regulator inspecting heath care services and now in a director role. Would never return to NHS.

The civil service accepts a nursing degree. I wonder if other organisations that offer paid graduate schemes would too. Nursing gives you a lot of transferable skills and experience. For example, staying calm in a crisis and being able to communicate and influence people (from patients to senior consultants). Nurses tend to work hard and the ex nurses I work with are excellent team players.

Trainer in clinical skills or manual handling
Counselling
Advocate
Domestic violence/abuse worker.
Social care assessor
Private home carer
CBT (qualified staff are at least band 7)
Physicians associate.
Civil service
Benefits assessor
Childminder
Foster carer
Housing officer.
Pharmaceutical sales.
Chaplain
Cabin crew
Cruise liner nurse or bursar.