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Nursing in the East Midlands
Why nurses choose Novello in the East Midlands
Work that fits around your life, with none of the usual agency runaround.
Shifts near you, not across the region
Whether you are in Nottingham, Leicester, Derby, Lincoln, Northampton or one of the market towns in between, you pick the shifts that suit you. The app shows what is available nearby, so you are not driving halfway across the East Midlands for a single shift.
Confirmed pay before you say yes
Every shift shows its rate up front, so your confirmed rate is shown in the app before you accept. You see exactly what you will earn, and you are paid promptly with no chasing timesheets or waiting weeks to find out where you stand.
Compliance sorted once, then out of your way
We handle your NMC registration, DBS, mandatory training and revalidation checks properly, so you can move between an NHS ward in Nottingham, a Lincolnshire care home or a secure unit in Leicestershire without repeating the same paperwork for every placement.
The region we cover
The healthcare landscape in the East Midlands
The East Midlands is a region of nearly five million people across six counties, and its hospitals, mental health services and care homes all lean on flexible nursing staff.
Acute care across the region is anchored by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, one of England’s largest acute trusts, whose Queen’s Medical Centre is the single designated adult Major Trauma Centre for the whole East Midlands, taking the most seriously injured from a catchment of around four million people. Every other acute site feeds into it. In Leicester, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust runs Leicester Royal Infirmary, Glenfield Hospital with the East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre and one of the UK’s largest ECMO services, and Leicester General. To the west, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton runs the Royal Derby Hospital and Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust covers the north of Derbyshire. In Lincolnshire, United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals runs Lincoln County and Pilgrim Hospital in Boston, while Northern Lincolnshire and Goole runs the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby and Scunthorpe General. In Northamptonshire, Northampton General and Kettering General cover the county, and Rutland is served by Leicester and by Peterborough City Hospital.
Mental health and community care are spread across several trusts. Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS forensic and secure providers in the country, working from more than 120 sites and running Rampton Hospital near Retford, one of only three high secure hospitals in England. Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust covers Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland from the Bradgate Mental Health Unit, and Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust runs Berrywood Hospital in Northampton alongside the large independent specialist charity St Andrew’s Healthcare. The region also carries a genuinely large prison estate of sixteen prisons, from HMP Nottingham, HMP Whatton and HMP Gartree to the newer HMP Fosse Way and HMP Five Wells, HMP Lincoln, HMP Sudbury and HMP Stocken. On the independent side, Spire Nottingham, Spire Leicester in Oadby, Nuffield Health Derby and Three Shires in Northampton all run busy operating theatres.
Where we work
Where we cover in the East Midlands
From the Nottingham, Leicester and Derby cities out to the market towns and coast, we place nurses and carers across every setting.
Hospitals and theatres
We support wards, day units and operating theatres across the region’s acute trusts and its independent hospitals, from Queen’s Medical Centre and Leicester Royal Infirmary to the Royal Derby Hospital, Lincoln County, Pilgrim in Boston and Northampton General.
Care homes and community
Nursing and residential homes across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland rely on regular agency cover, and we place carers and nurses for community and district rounds too.
Mental health and secure care
We cover mental health inpatient units and secure and forensic settings, from the Bradgate Mental Health Unit in Leicestershire to Berrywood in Northampton and high secure work at Rampton near Retford, as well as nurse-led healthcare inside the region’s prisons.
That spans Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland, taking in Nottingham, Leicester, Derby, Lincoln, Northampton and the towns in between.
Bordering areas we also cover include Yorkshire, the West Midlands and the East of England.
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Nursing shifts across the East Midlands
We cover the whole region, from the cities of Nottingham, Leicester and Derby out to Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland.
Specialisms in the East Midlands
Specialisms we cover in the East Midlands
Whatever your ward or setting, there is regular work across the region.
- Nursing & care homes
- Mental health
- Prison nursing
- Critical care
- Theatres
Nursing & care homes
The East Midlands care sector is large and under real pressure. Skills for Care put around 1,500 care-providing organisations running roughly 3,600 locations across the region in 2023/24, with about 174,000 adult social care posts and thousands of vacancies. The region has a consistently older-than-average population, with Rutland at 26.3% aged 65 and over at the 2021 Census and Lincolnshire among the oldest in England, which keeps nursing and residential homes needing steady, reliable cover. It is some of the most consistent work we offer.
Mental health
Mental health work spans several trusts here. Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust runs one of the largest forensic and secure services in the country, including the high secure Rampton Hospital near Retford. Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust covers Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland from the Bradgate Mental Health Unit, and Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust runs Berrywood Hospital alongside the independent St Andrew’s Healthcare. We place mental health nurses and support workers into inpatient wards, community teams and secure units.
Prison nursing
The East Midlands holds one of the larger prison estates in the country, with sixteen prisons spread across every county. They range from Category B locals like HMP Nottingham, HMP Leicester and HMP Lincoln to long-term and training prisons such as HMP Gartree, HMP Stocken and HMP Whatton, one of Europe’s largest for adult male sex offenders, plus newer sites at HMP Fosse Way near Leicester and HMP Five Wells at Wellingborough. Prison healthcare is nurse-led and always short of hands, and it is some of the most rewarding work going for nurses who want something different from a ward.
Critical care
Critical care across the region centres on the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre at Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham, which takes the most serious injuries from across the six counties, backed by intensive care units at Leicester Royal Infirmary, the Royal Derby Hospital, Lincoln County and Northampton General. Glenfield Hospital in Leicester also runs one of the UK’s largest ECMO services. We place experienced ITU and HDU nurses where the pressure is highest.
Theatres
Theatre work runs across both sectors. The region’s NHS trusts operate scores of theatres between them, and independent hospitals including Spire Nottingham, Spire Leicester in Oadby, Nuffield Health Derby and Three Shires in Northampton all run full surgical lists. We place scrub, anaesthetic and recovery nurses across elective and emergency work.
Care & support work in the East Midlands
Care and support work in the East Midlands
Most care across the East Midlands is delivered by care assistants and support workers rather than registered nurses. Skills for Care counts around 174,000 adult social care posts across roughly 3,600 locations in the region, and the work spans elderly care homes, supported living and specialist neuro-rehabilitation. Whatever your background, there is regular work near you.
- Care assistant
- Support worker
- Dementia care
- Brain injury
Care assistant
Lincolnshire alone has around 270 care homes, and demand is heaviest on the coast: in East Lindsey, around Skegness and Mablethorpe, close to a third of residents are aged 65 or over — among the oldest populations in England, and the highest median age of any district in the East Midlands at 52, up from 49 a decade earlier. Care assistants are the backbone of these homes, supporting older people with everyday living, personal care and companionship.
Support worker
The region is actively shifting support towards supported living: Nottinghamshire County Council’s housing-with-support approach sets out how it helps working-age adults with a learning disability or long-term condition live in their own homes rather than in residential care. That means steady demand for support workers who help the people they support live as independently as possible — in their own tenancies and out in the community, rather than in a care-home setting.
Dementia care
More than 10,000 people are living with a dementia diagnosis across the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire NHS area alone, a figure that continues to edge up as the region’s older population grows. The local diagnosis rate sits at around 70%, among the better-performing in England, so more older people are being identified and supported earlier. Dementia care is some of the most valued work in the sector, supporting residents to live well day to day.
Brain injury
The East Midlands has a genuine national brain-injury anchor in St Andrew’s Healthcare, one of the UK’s largest mental health charities, whose 140-acre Northampton campus is home to the National Brain Injury Centre and its Kemsley neurobehavioural rehabilitation unit, with more than 200 neuropsychiatry beds and specialist services for acquired brain injury and Huntington’s disease. Rehabilitation support workers here help the people they support rebuild skills and independence after an acquired brain injury, work closely related to the complex-care roles that involve tracheostomy and other clinical support.
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Whether you run a nursing home in Lincolnshire, a ward in Nottingham or Leicester, a mental health unit in Northamptonshire or a theatre list in Derby, we can supply compliant nurses and carers at short notice. Tell us what you need and we will match reliable local staff who know the setting.
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East Midlands nursing agency FAQs
What kind of nursing shifts can I pick up in the East Midlands?
Plenty. We cover acute wards and theatres across trusts like Nottingham University Hospitals, University Hospitals of Leicester and United Lincolnshire, along with care homes, community rounds, mental health units and prison healthcare, from Nottingham and Leicester out to Lincolnshire and Rutland.
Which areas of the East Midlands do you cover?
All six counties: Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland, including Nottingham, Leicester, Derby, Lincoln, Northampton and the market towns in between.
How does pay work?
Every shift shows its rate before you accept, so your confirmed rate is shown in the app before you say yes and you always know exactly what you will earn. You are paid promptly, with no chasing timesheets or waiting weeks to find out where you stand.
Do you place mental health and prison nurses?
Yes. The East Midlands has some of the country's largest forensic services, including the high secure Rampton Hospital, and a prison estate of sixteen jails including HMP Nottingham, HMP Gartree and HMP Five Wells. We place nurses and support workers into secure, forensic and inpatient settings as well as general wards.
I am an employer in the East Midlands. Can you help us with staffing?
Yes. We supply checked, compliant nurses and carers to hospitals, care homes, mental health units and secure settings across all six counties, often at short notice. Get in touch and we will help you fill your rota.
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