Nurses pay: I know it’s a long shot to ask....

[QueenofmyPrinces]

I’m currently on maternity leave and want to reduce my hours from 37.5 hours down to 25 hours by doing two long days a week instead of three. I don’t dork nights anyway.

Are there any nurses on here, Top Band 5 PST scale who just work two days a week who could give me an idea of what their typical monthly bring home pay is?

Divide your full time pay by 37.5, then multiply by 25. That will give you a rough idea. It will be slightly out because of the way tax works (you'll get slightly more), but it will give you an idea.

I'm not a nurse but you should be able to use the salary calculator website to work out what your net pay would be after reducing your hours.

Does it include any weekends as then you'd have unsociable hours weighting too

I'm one off the top, 25 hours, take home is 1200ish after pension before any enhancements. I think each increment adds about £50.

I am almost top band 5 and do 15 hours a week and come out with around £900 - £950 a month but I do work probably 3 x 12 hour night shifts a month and a couple of days at the weekend. Not sure in that helps. When I used to do 22 hours it was probably around £1300- £1400 per month .Bear in mind that 12 hour shifts will be 11.5 hours after breaks taken off ( well that's what ours count as ), so 2 a week would be 23 hours.

It will be roughly one third less than you are getting now

We do 12.5 hour shifts.

It’s been really helpful reading all these replies. I didn’t think my overall take home pay would drop as much as a 1/3 though due to the deductions being less than what they are full time.

I don’t do nights but I will be doing weekends.

I’m going in to talk to my Managers on Friday about returning to work and I’m feeling nervous about requesting to drop my hours without knowing that my take home pay will be if I do.

scaredofrhecity - does that figure include nights and weekends?

I'm a top band 5, work 18.75 hours doing 12 hour shifts working nights and weekends. I can get anything between £1050 - £1200 depending on how many in social hours I do.

*In social hours

Mean unsocial hours!!

My friend who is a few pay grades does two long days a week (2x11.5 hours) and comes out with just under £1’100 and she doesn’t do nights or weekends.

I was kind of hoping I’d come out with about £1’300 but I’m not sure that’s looking likely....

No that's before enhancements, a Saturday is about £30, a Sunday £50.

I don't do nights either

That’s really reassuring, so do you come out with about £1300 then?

Assuming you're on 5.6% pension contribution and no student loan or other deductions I make it £1288 take home, ish (this is using my nhs pay calculator)

It's 9.3% pension unfortunately... just on the cusp.
It obviously depends what I work but yes around £1300ish.
I mostly do 10 hour shifts not 12 (theatres) but i find it is a really nice amount for work/ life balance. I did 18h before and that wasn't enough.

When I worked 2 long days as top band 5 I would take Home between 1200 and 1400 a month depending on unsocial hours etc. Your pension contribution is based on your full time wage so you will need to keep paying the 9.3%. I tried to reduce mine as my income was below the threshold and that’s what HR told me

Ok, 9.3% pension makes it £1240. That's with no unsocial hours enhancements or anything

Brilliant - I’m feeling much happier now!!

I’m planning on reducing to 25 hours for the next few years and then back up to full time (possibly) and I just need to know me and DH can manage it and you’ve really helped!!

I would reckon around £1250, unsocial hours dependent.

You could always do a bank shift of you were short from time to time?

It’s frightening when I look back at my wages from 5 years ago. I got paid more then doing 30 hours on nights (13 every 4 weeks) than I do now working full time with 1 Saturday a month.
I now get £1700 a month. It’s worth a lot less these days 😕

Don't you lose some paid time for a meal break on a 12.5hr shift? Even 30 mins?

My shifts are 13 hours, so paid for 12.5.

I was talking to a friend of mine who returned to a very similar pattern after the birth of her second child and she said she came out with about £1400 a month so that’s reassured me further.

I guess I will have to just wait and see what the first pay cheque brings...