Find nursing shifts across Hertfordshire
Novello Healthcare matches nurses with shifts in hospitals, care homes and mental health units right across Hertfordshire, from Watford General in the west to the Lister in Stevenage in the east. Book through the app, see your pay agreed up front, and pick the work that fits around your life.
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Nursing in Hertfordshire
Why nurses work with Novello
We keep things simple: local shifts, honest pay and the paperwork sorted, so you can get on with nursing.
Shifts close to home
Whether you are based near Watford General in the west, the Lister in Stevenage, or somewhere in between like St Albans, Hatfield or Bishop’s Stortford, we work to find you shifts a sensible distance from your door. Fill in your availability in the app and take the ones that suit you.
Pay agreed before you go
You see your rate confirmed before you accept a shift, not after. No guessing, no chasing timesheets around, and no surprises when payday comes. What you agree to is what you are paid.
Compliance without the headache
Our team handles your DBS, mandatory training, references and revalidation prompts so your file stays current. We keep you ready to work across NHS and independent settings without you having to project-manage it all yourself.
The county we cover
Nursing in Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire sits just north of London with a healthcare map split between two acute NHS trusts, a countywide mental health trust and a busy independent sector.
Acute NHS care in Hertfordshire runs through two trusts. West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust covers the west of the county from Watford General Hospital, which holds the emergency department and intensive care, alongside St Albans City Hospital as its planned surgery centre and Hemel Hempstead Hospital. East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust covers the rest from the Lister Hospital in Stevenage, the trust’s main site for emergency and critical care with a hyper-acute stroke unit, plus the New QEII Hospital in Welwyn Garden City and Hertford County Hospital, and it also runs the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre. Hertfordshire has no designated major trauma centre of its own, so the most serious trauma travels on to London or Cambridge, but the Lister and Watford General between them carry the county’s emergency, theatre and intensive care workload.
Mental health and learning disability services are provided countywide by Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, whose Kingsley Green site near Radlett houses Kingfisher Court, an 86-bed adult acute inpatient unit, and the Oak Unit, a male psychiatric intensive care ward. Community nursing, from district nurses to children’s services, is run by Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust. The county’s one prison is HMP The Mount, a Category C men’s training prison outside Bovingdon. The independent sector is strong too, with Spire Bushey, Spire Harpenden, One Hatfield near Hatfield, Pinehill Hospital in Hitchin and the Rivers Hospital in Sawbridgeworth all running private theatre lists and inpatient beds.
Where we work
Where we cover in Hertfordshire
From the M25 commuter belt around Watford, Borehamwood and Potters Bar in the south to the market towns of Hitchin, Hertford and Bishop’s Stortford in the north and east, we place nurses across the whole county.
Hospitals and theatres
We support acute and surgical work across Hertfordshire’s hospital sites, from the emergency and critical care hub at the Lister in Stevenage and Watford General, to planned surgery at St Albans City Hospital and the independent theatre lists at Spire Harpenden and Spire Bushey.
Care homes and community
Hertfordshire’s large residential and nursing home sector needs steady, reliable cover, and community teams do too. We place nurses in care settings across towns like Hemel Hempstead, Hitchin, Ware and Cheshunt, supporting older residents and those with complex needs.
Mental health and secure
We cover mental health and secure work in the county, including the kind of acute inpatient and psychiatric intensive care environments run by Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust at sites such as Kingsley Green near Radlett.
Our nurses work in Watford, St Albans, Stevenage, Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield, Hertford, Hitchin, Bishop’s Stortford, Hemel Hempstead and beyond.
Working across the border? We also cover the wider East of England and neighbouring Essex.
On the map
Our Hertfordshire coverage
Explore the map to see the hospitals and settings we cover across Hertfordshire, from Watford and St Albans in the west to Stevenage and Bishop’s Stortford in the east.
Specialisms in Hertfordshire
Specialisms we cover
From critical care at the Lister in Stevenage to theatre lists at Spire Harpenden and secure work at HMP The Mount near Bovingdon, there is Hertfordshire work to match your strengths.
- Nursing & care homes
- Mental health
- Prison nursing
- Critical care
- Theatres
Nursing & care homes
Hertfordshire is home to roughly 1.2 million people, and around 17.5 per cent are aged over 65 as of mid-2024, a share set to keep rising. That keeps demand high across the county’s care and nursing homes, whose adult social care the Care Quality Commission rated ‘good’ at county council level in May 2024. We place nurses into residential and nursing home roles supporting older people and residents with dementia and complex long-term conditions.
Mental health
Mental health nursing in Hertfordshire centres on Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, which runs adult acute wards at Kingfisher Court and the Oak Unit psychiatric intensive care ward at its Kingsley Green site near Radlett, along with community and older adult mental health services across the county. We support nurses with the experience for these settings.
Prison nursing
Hertfordshire has one prison, HMP The Mount near Bovingdon, a Category C men’s training establishment where healthcare is delivered much like a community practice behind the gate. For nurses drawn to secure and forensic work, the county also has psychiatric intensive care through Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, and the wider secure estate sits close by across London and the East of England.
Critical care
Critical care in the county is concentrated at the Lister in Stevenage, where East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust runs intensive care across several critical care areas alongside a hyper-acute stroke unit, and at Watford General, the west of the county’s emergency and intensive care base. We place ITU and high dependency nurses into this kind of work.
Theatres
Theatre nurses have plenty of scope in Hertfordshire. Planned NHS surgery runs through St Albans City Hospital as West Hertfordshire’s elective centre, while the independent sector adds busy operating lists at Spire Harpenden, Spire Bushey, One Hatfield, Pinehill Hospital in Hitchin and the Rivers Hospital in Sawbridgeworth. We cover scrub, anaesthetic and recovery roles.
Care & support work in Hertfordshire
Care and support work in Hertfordshire
Most care in Hertfordshire is delivered by care assistants and support workers rather than registered nurses. Hertfordshire County Council is the authority responsible for adult social care across a county of around 1.2 million people, and its service was rated ‘good’ by the Care Quality Commission in May 2024. 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
Hertfordshire has a large care-home sector, with many of its registered homes providing nursing care, and the county council’s adult social care was rated ‘good’ by the Care Quality Commission in May 2024. With some 216,000 older people across the county — about 17.5% of the population as of mid-2024, a share set to keep rising — demand across these homes stays high. Care assistants are the backbone of them, supporting older people with everyday living, personal care and companionship.
Support worker
Across Hertfordshire, more people with a learning disability are being supported to live in their own communities through supported living rather than residential homes. Providers such as MacIntyre support people in Hertfordshire both in shared supported-living homes and in their own tenancies, helping them live as independently as possible. That means steady demand for support workers who help the people they support with daily life, at home and out in the community.
Dementia care
As Hertfordshire’s older population grows — already more than 216,000 people aged over 65, a share set to keep rising — so does the number of people living with dementia across the county. Hertfordshire County Council backs advice and support for people and families affected by dementia, and dementia care is some of the most valued work in the sector. It means supporting older people and residents to live well day to day, with patience and genuine connection.
Brain injury
Hertfordshire has a genuine specialist neuro presence — Brainkind’s Stagenhoe Park at St Paul’s Walden near Hitchin, a 45-bed neurological centre supporting people with an acquired brain injury and conditions such as Huntington’s and Parkinson’s, alongside the community neuro-rehabilitation team run by Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust. Rehabilitation support workers here help the people they support rebuild skills and independence after a brain injury, work closely related to the complex-care roles that involve tracheostomy and other clinical support.
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For Hertfordshire employers
Hiring nurses in Hertfordshire?
If you run a ward, home or unit in the county, we can help you fill gaps with compliant, vetted nurses.
We supply nurses to hospitals, care and nursing homes, mental health units and community teams right across Hertfordshire, from Watford and St Albans in the west to Stevenage, Welwyn Garden City and Bishop's Stortford in the east. Every nurse is fully checked and ready to work, so you get dependable cover when you need it. Get in touch to talk through your requirements.
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Hertfordshire nursing questions, answered
What kind of nursing shifts can I get in Hertfordshire?
We cover a broad mix across the county: acute hospital work at sites like the Lister in Stevenage and Watford General, planned surgery and theatres including St Albans City Hospital and independent hospitals such as Spire Harpenden, care and nursing home roles, mental health units, and community nursing. Tell us your specialism and location and we will match you to what is available.
Which hospitals are in Hertfordshire?
NHS acute care runs through two trusts. West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust covers Watford General, St Albans City and Hemel Hempstead hospitals, while East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust runs the Lister in Stevenage, the New QEII in Welwyn Garden City and Hertford County Hospital, and also the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre. Independent hospitals include Spire Bushey, Spire Harpenden, One Hatfield, Pinehill in Hitchin and the Rivers in Sawbridgeworth.
How does pay work with Novello?
You see your rate confirmed before you accept a shift, so you always know what you will earn in advance. We handle the timesheets and pay side so you are not left chasing anyone. Rates vary by role, setting and specialism.
Do you cover mental health nursing in Hertfordshire?
Yes. Mental health and learning disability services across the county are run by Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, including adult acute wards at Kingfisher Court and psychiatric intensive care at the Oak Unit on the Kingsley Green site near Radlett. We place nurses with the right experience into these kinds of settings.
I am newly qualified. Can I still register?
Absolutely. Register with us whenever you are ready and we will keep in touch as suitable Hertfordshire shifts come up. Our team helps you get your compliance in order, including DBS, mandatory training and revalidation, so you are ready to work when the right role appears.
Ready to nurse across Hertfordshire?
Registering with Novello takes minutes and opens up shifts across Hertfordshire and the wider East of England. Sign up today and start choosing the work that fits your life.
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