Find nursing shifts across Nottinghamshire
Novello Healthcare puts nursing and care shifts across Nottinghamshire in your pocket. Book what suits you through the app, see your confirmed pay before you accept, and get paid weekly without the chasing. From Nottingham out to Mansfield, Newark and Worksop, the work is there when you want it.
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Nursing in Nottinghamshire
Why nurses in Nottinghamshire choose Novello
No pushy calls, no guesswork. Just shifts you can see, pay you can trust and a team that actually picks up the phone.
Shifts that fit your life
Pick up work near home or travel for it. We place nurses in NHS wards, care homes and secure units right across the county, from Nottingham’s teaching hospitals to the market towns around Newark, Mansfield and Retford. You choose what you take and when.
Pay you can see up front
Your rate is shown before you accept a shift, so there are no nasty surprises. We pay weekly and we don’t make you chase timesheets. Book through the app and the numbers are right there in front of you.
Compliance made simple
Our team walks you through your NMC registration, DBS and mandatory training so you stay ready to work. Get it sorted once and you can pick up shifts across Nottinghamshire and the wider East Midlands without the last-minute panic.
The county we cover
Nursing in Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire’s healthcare runs from one of the largest teaching trusts in the country to district hospitals, high secure units and hundreds of care homes.
The county’s acute care is led by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, one of the largest acute trusts in England, serving around 2.5 million people. Its Queen’s Medical Centre is the designated East Midlands Major Trauma Centre and also home to the Nottingham Children’s Hospital, while Nottingham City Hospital is home to the Trent Cardiac Centre, a regional cardiac centre of excellence, alongside the trust’s cancer and respiratory services. To the north, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust runs King’s Mill Hospital at Sutton-in-Ashfield, rated Outstanding by the CQC in 2020, along with Newark Hospital and Mansfield Community Hospital. Between them these trusts handle everything from major trauma and emergency work to planned surgery, so band 5 and band 6 nurses find shifts in almost every specialty.
Mental health and community care are run by Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, one of the biggest forensic providers in the NHS, working from more than 120 sites. It runs Rampton Hospital near Retford, one of only three high secure hospitals in England, along with Highbury Hospital in Bulwell, Sherwood Oaks Hospital and older people’s units such as Blossomwood. The county also holds four prisons that all rely on healthcare teams: HMP Nottingham and HMP Lowdham Grange, both Category B, plus HMP Ranby near Retford and HMP Whatton near Bingham. On the independent side, The Park Hospital in Sherwood, Woodthorpe Hospital and Spire Nottingham at Tollerton all run theatre lists, and a large community and district nursing workforce supports people in their homes across the county.
Where we work
Where we cover in Nottinghamshire
From the city out to the market towns, we place nurses and carers wherever the shifts come up.
Hospitals and theatres
Nottinghamshire’s hospital and theatre work spans NHS sites such as Queen’s Medical Centre and Nottingham City Hospital in the city, plus King’s Mill and Newark to the north, alongside independent theatres at The Park, Woodthorpe and Spire Nottingham. Scrub, recovery and ward roles come up across settings like these.
Care homes and community
Nottinghamshire has a large older population, so nursing and residential homes across Mansfield, Ashfield, Rushcliffe and Bassetlaw need registered nurses and carers year round. We also place staff for community and district nursing work across the county.
Mental health and secure care
From Highbury Hospital and Sherwood Oaks to high secure work at Rampton and healthcare inside the county’s prisons, there is steady demand for mental health nurses, RMNs and support workers with the right experience.
We cover Nottingham, Mansfield, Worksop, Newark-on-Trent, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Retford, Arnold, Beeston, West Bridgford, Hucknall and the towns and villages in between.
Novello covers the areas around Nottinghamshire too. Explore our East Midlands nursing agency page, or look at neighbouring Derbyshire and Leicestershire.
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Nottinghamshire locations we cover
See where we place nurses across Nottinghamshire and the wider East Midlands. Click any pin for details of a location.
Specialisms in Nottinghamshire
Specialisms we cover in Nottinghamshire
Whatever your background, there is likely a setting near you that needs it.
- Nursing & care homes
- Mental health
- Prison nursing
- Critical care
- Theatres
Nursing & care homes
Nottinghamshire has an older-than-average population, with more than a fifth of residents aged 65 or over (2024/25), and the county council spent over 387 million pounds on adult social care that year. Thousands of people rely on CQC-registered nursing and residential homes across the county, which means steady work for nurses and carers in older people’s and dementia care, from Rushcliffe in the south to Bassetlaw in the north.
Mental health
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust runs mental health services across the county, including Highbury Hospital in Bulwell, Sherwood Oaks Hospital and older people’s units such as Blossomwood. Its forensic services are among the largest in the NHS, so mental health nurses and support workers are in regular demand across acute, community and secure settings.
Prison nursing
Nottinghamshire has four prisons, all of which rely on healthcare teams: HMP Nottingham and HMP Lowdham Grange, both Category B, HMP Ranby near Retford and HMP Whatton near Bingham, which is one of the largest prisons for adult male sex offenders in Europe. Prison healthcare suits nurses who are calm, independent and confident working in a secure environment.
Critical care
Queen’s Medical Centre is the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, taking the region’s most serious injuries, and Nottingham City Hospital runs critical care alongside its cardiac and cancer services. King’s Mill Hospital also has intensive care. Experienced ITU, HDU and critical care nurses find their skills are always needed in a county like this.
Theatres
Theatre work comes from both sides. The NHS runs lists at Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham City Hospital, King’s Mill and Newark, while The Park Hospital in Sherwood, Woodthorpe Hospital and Spire Nottingham at Tollerton all run independent theatres. Scrub, anaesthetic and recovery nurses are consistently sought after across settings like these.
Care & support work in Nottinghamshire
Care and support work in Nottinghamshire
Most care in Nottinghamshire is delivered by care assistants and support workers rather than registered nurses. Nottinghamshire County Council runs a large adult social care operation, spending over 387 million pounds a year, and the work spans elderly care homes, supported living and specialist brain-injury rehabilitation. Whatever your background, there is regular work near you.
- Care assistant
- Support worker
- Dementia care
- Brain injury
Care assistant
Nottinghamshire has around 331 care homes, the great majority of them residential rather than nursing, and more than a fifth of the county’s residents are aged 65 or over. Demand is steady across Mansfield, Ashfield and the market towns around Newark. Care assistants are the backbone of these homes, supporting residents with everyday living, personal care and companionship.
Support worker
Nottinghamshire County Council commissions supported living across every district in the county, from Mansfield and Ashfield to Rushcliffe and Bassetlaw, helping people with learning disabilities and mental health conditions live in their own homes rather than in a care-home setting. That means steady demand for support workers who help the people they support live as independently as possible — in their own homes and out in the community, rather than in residential care.
Dementia care
Around 173 of Nottinghamshire’s care homes are registered to provide dementia care, more than half of all the homes in the county, reflecting an older-than-average population that keeps demand high from Rushcliffe in the south to Bassetlaw in the north. Dementia care is some of the most valued work in the sector, supporting residents to live well day to day.
Brain injury
Nottinghamshire has a genuine brain-injury offer — Headway Nottingham provides long-term, non-clinical rehabilitation and support for people affected by brain injury across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, and the Nottingham Brain Injury and Neurological Care Centre at Hucknall provides specialist residential neurological care and rehabilitation. 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 Nottinghamshire employers
Need nurses in Nottinghamshire?
If you run a ward, home or unit in the county, we can help you fill it.
We work with NHS wards, independent hospitals, care and nursing homes and secure units right across Nottinghamshire, from Nottingham and West Bridgford to Mansfield, Worksop and Newark. Whether you need one nurse for a single night or a team to cover a rota gap, our compliant staff are ready. Tell us what you need and we will sort it.
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Nottinghamshire nursing FAQs
What kind of nursing shifts can I get in Nottinghamshire?
Plenty. We cover acute wards at hospitals like Queen's Medical Centre and King's Mill, theatres at independent hospitals such as The Park and Spire Nottingham, care and nursing homes across the county, mental health units run by Nottinghamshire Healthcare, and healthcare inside the county's prisons. Whatever your specialty, there is usually work near you.
Which hospitals does Novello cover in Nottinghamshire?
The county's main NHS sites include Nottingham University Hospitals' Queen's Medical Centre and Nottingham City Hospital, and Sherwood Forest Hospitals' King's Mill, Newark and Mansfield Community Hospital, alongside independent hospitals like The Park, Woodthorpe and Spire Nottingham. Novello is an independent agency and places nurses into settings like these across the county; we are not part of any of these trusts.
Do you offer mental health and secure nursing work in Nottinghamshire?
Yes. Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust runs a large mental health and forensic service, including Highbury Hospital, Sherwood Oaks and the high secure Rampton Hospital near Retford, and the county's four prisons all need healthcare staff. If you are an RMN or a support worker with secure or mental health experience, there is regular work to be found.
How does pay work?
You see your rate before you accept any shift, so there are no surprises. We pay weekly and you don't have to chase us for timesheets. Everything is booked and tracked through the app.
I'm not in Nottingham itself. Can I still get shifts?
Absolutely. We cover the whole county, so whether you are in Mansfield, Worksop, Newark, Sutton-in-Ashfield or one of the villages, there is likely work nearby. And because you are registered with Novello, you can pick up shifts across the wider East Midlands too.
Ready to pick up shifts in Nottinghamshire?
Register with Novello Healthcare today. It only takes a few minutes, and once you are set up you can book shifts across Nottinghamshire and the East Midlands straight from the app, with your pay confirmed before you say yes.
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