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Registered Community Nurses

Registered community nurses provide general nursing care for the sick, injured and others in need of care, and assist medical doctors with their tasks in settings outside of acute hospitals, such as clinics, health centres or visits to patients’ homes.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£13,315
£28,964
£45,354

New workers start around £13,315. Normal pay is £28,964 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £45,354.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 115,033 vacancies for this type of job

5.77%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Plays an educational role for patients and families, helping to develop rehabilitation routines and advising on how to care for their condition in everyday life, disease prevention and nutrition.

  • Manages own case load.

  • Assists medical doctors in conducting examinations and other medical procedures.

  • Administers drugs and medicines, applies surgical dressings and gives other forms of treatment.

  • Provides basic care and monitors patients' general health such as blood pressure or body temperature.

  • Plans, manages, provides and evaluates nursing care services within a community care setting.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Nursing

  • Nursing Care

  • Mental Health

  • Midwifery

  • Palliative Care

  • Clinical Supervision

  • Auditing

  • Risk Analysis

  • Clinical Governance

  • Wound Care

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communication

  • Management

  • Planning

  • Leadership

  • Mentorship

  • Teaching

  • Research

  • Interpersonal Communications

  • Teamwork

  • Decision Making

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Health and Social Care

University of Huddersfield

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Huddersfield · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 104/104

Nursing (Child)

University of Brighton

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Brighton · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Healthcare Practice

South Eastern Regional College

HNC · 1 Year · Full-time · Newtownards · 09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Nursing (Mental Health)

Edge Hill University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Ormskirk · 01/2026

Tariff points: 104/112

Adult Nursing

Leeds Beckett University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Leeds · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Health and Social Care

University of Derby

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Derby · 09/2025

Tariff points: 96/96

Mental Health Nursing

University of Northampton

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Northampton · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Nursing (Mental Health)

University of Bradford

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Bradford · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Nursing

Plymouth Marjon University

BSc · 3 Years · Full-time · Plymouth · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 104/120

Children's Nursing

University of Suffolk

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Ipswich · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

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