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6.2

NHS Scotland

From 138 job reviews

Why does NHS Scotland get a rating of 6.2?

Based on 138 job reviews

About

NHS Scotland is Scotland’s publicly funded medical and healthcare provider.

scot.nhs.uk

Pay ranges

  1. Nurses

    £24.7k–39.2k per year

  2. Nursing assistants

    £9.33–11.33 per hour

  3. Cleaners and domestics

    £9.70–12.97 per hour

  4. Advanced nurse practitioners

    £36.8k–44.8k per year

  5. Administrators

    £20.2k–26.0k per year

  6. Care workers and assistants

    £8.50–11.28 per hour

Handy to know

How much notice do people get of their shifts?

7%
12%
12%
46%
23%

Based on 105 employees

What contracts are people on?

6%
5%
56%
32%

Based on 62 employees

How often do people get paid?

Monthly 87% of people report they get paid monthly

Based on 105 employees

How are people paid?

47%
by the hour
53%
an annual salary

Based on 138 employees

Featured NHS Scotland job reviews

  • Best thing

    The team I work with
    The patients I meet

    Worst thing

    Not enough staffing in each area of ED department.
    Not being able to give care to patients and families when department busy, long bed waits and general stressful situations which jeopardises patient safety and good quality nursing care

    7.0

    Charge nurse, January 2021

    • Manages people
    • £16.50 per hour
    • 25 or older
    • More than 3 years experience

  • Best thing

    Helping patients, providing a service and making a patients last wks, days and hours comfortable and that their not alone

    Worst thing

    Short staffed, over worked, stressful, wages for the job we do.

    5.8

    Nursing assistant, January 2021

    • £10.53 per hour
    • 25 or older
    • More than 3 years experience

  • Best thing

    It's work i can do, and I'm good at.

    Worst thing

    Centralisation means much of my job role is gradually being removed. I expect to be redundant or redeployed in the next few years.

    5.7

    IT administrator, December 2020

    • £11.45 per hour
    • 25 or older
    • More than 3 years experience
See all 51 NHS Scotland job reviews

Jobs by location

  1. City of Glasgow

    256 job openings

  2. City of Edinburgh

    136 job openings

  3. Inverness

    116 job openings

  4. City of Aberdeen

    76 job openings

  5. Fife

    70 job openings

  6. West Lothian

    70 job openings

  7. Lanarkshire

    59 job openings

  8. Dumfries

    52 job openings

  9. Ayrshire and Arran

    50 job openings

  10. City of Dundee

    48 job openings

  11. Renfrewshire

    45 job openings

  12. Stirling and Falkirk

    39 job openings

  13. Argyll and Bute

    25 job openings

  14. Dunbartonshire

    20 job openings

  15. Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale

    20 job openings

  16. Cornwall

    17 job openings

  17. Aberdeenshire

    15 job openings

  18. Shetland

    11 job openings

See all NHS Scotland jobs

NHS Scotland ranks joint 13th to work for in healthcare

  1. 13= My Dentist
    6.2
  2. 13= NHS Scotland
    6.2
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