There we go... Not a nurses salary then
I always have thought this! When I first qualified after uni in my job I was on 18k and looked into aldi as it would’ve been better pay. I then got a pay rise to 21k and it wasn’t then worth going to aldi as it was the same (or very similar) pay.There we go... Not a nurses salary then
Comparing this with the bus strikes that are going on locally to me at the minute. Theyve just turned down 14% which would have only bought an experienced driver to 33k. I swear nurses live on another planet.
Every comparison of nurses salary to Aldi workers I have seen is comparing NET nurses salary to Gross supermarket employees salary.
Nurses starting salary is 27k only after 5 years service will they reach circa 33k
It’s still more than the Aldi average wage of 25K.
Student nurses are often protected from all the tit that goes on behind the scenes , they are contracted to certain hours for insurance purposes , they don’t stay behind for hours to catch up on paperwork , go withoit breaks because there isn’t anybody to relieve them , ask for extra help on the nhsp rota hoping someone picks up shifts to help out the ward , give up days off to cover shifts
Which is surely a case for bringing back on the job training.
They do.
They also start work at silly o’clock in the morning and finish very late at night.
I just think we’re missing the point that nursing is a highly skilled job requiring a degree
so Aldi shouldn’t really be our yardstick unless it’s a comparable job with comparable skills and responsibility. It’s pointless repeating this though.You're entitled to your opinion but it does blow my mind somewhat that you're still flogging this horse when you literally just demonstrated that you don't even understand what working in Aldi entails (i.e. the comment about Aldi workers not working overnight)I just think we’re missing the point that nursing is a highly skilled job requiring a degree
Not every staff member who works for the NHS is in the pension, simply because they can’t afford to be in it.
I entered my profession to care for people but also because I need to earn money to live. Nobody I know goes to work for the fun of it.
There are a lot of jobs that don’t earn as much as nurses and they want to live too.
It’s all a race to the bottom isn’t it
I think the way nurses are paid is archaic in that an outpatients band 5 shouldn’t be paid the same as an ICU band 5. Although the “GP nurse” depends what they’re doing. If they’re a nurse practitioner sitting down doing consultations , prescribing etc then hell yeah they should earn more.
Sometimes hard choices have to be made. Do you stick with a job that you trained for but is making you miserable and not enough money, or do you find another job ?
The thing is people will do this. They will do what is best for them and their families. People will leave nursing completely or move abroad. And then we lose a nurse we can’t easily replace. Who is going to staff the NHS then? How can people not see the problem here?
