Find nursing shifts across Oxfordshire
Novello Healthcare puts nursing and healthcare shifts across Oxfordshire straight onto your phone. Browse open work from Oxford to Banbury in the app, see the confirmed pay before you accept, and book the shift that suits you. Registration takes minutes and you can be compliant in as little as 24 hours.
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Nursing in Oxfordshire
Why nurses choose Novello in Oxfordshire
Simple to join, honest about pay, and built around the way you actually work.
Shifts that fit your patch
Whether you are near the John Radcliffe in Headington, the Horton General up in Banbury, or a care home out in Witney or Bicester, you pick the shifts that suit your travel and your week. Book them in the app and manage your rota from your phone.
Confirmed pay, up front
You see the rate before you accept a shift, not after. No guessing and no surprises on your payslip. Give our team a call on 0333 307 8897 to talk through current rates for your band and speciality.
Compliant in as little as 24 hours
Our registration is quick and genuinely pain-free. Send your documents over, we handle the checks, and many nurses are cleared to work within 24 hours. We keep your compliance current so you are ready for whatever comes up.
The county we cover
The Oxfordshire healthcare landscape
From the teaching hospitals in Oxford to the general hospital serving the north of the county, here is the ground we cover.
Acute care in the county is led by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs four hospitals. The John Radcliffe in Headington is the largest, home to the Thames Valley Major Trauma Centre as well as the Oxford Children’s Hospital, the Oxford Eye Hospital and the Oxford Heart Centre. The Churchill Hospital, on the same side of the city, handles cancer, renal and transplant services, while the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre is a national name in orthopaedics, rheumatology and rehabilitation. To the north, the Horton General Hospital in Banbury looks after that end of the county. That mix means nursing work here ranges from major trauma and critical care through to specialist oncology and elective orthopaedics.
Mental health and community services sit with Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. The Warneford Hospital in Oxford holds adult and adolescent mental health wards, including the Meadow and Highfield CAMHS units, and the Littlemore Mental Health Centre is home to the Oxford Clinic medium secure forensic service and the Thames House low secure wards. The same trust runs district nursing and community teams across the county and provides healthcare inside its prisons. There are two: HMP Bullingdon near Bicester, a Category C prison that also holds remand prisoners, and HMP Huntercombe near Nuffield, which holds foreign national men. On the independent side, Nuffield Health’s The Manor Hospital in Headington covers private elective surgery and diagnostics. Add a large network of care and nursing homes, and there is steady work across every setting.
Where we work
Where we cover in Oxfordshire
One county, every setting. Here is the shape of it.
Hospitals and theatres
From the John Radcliffe and the Churchill in Oxford to the Horton General in Banbury and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, we cover ward, theatre and department shifts across the county’s NHS and independent hospitals.
Care and community
Oxfordshire’s care and nursing homes stretch from Oxford out to Witney, Didcot, Abingdon and the market towns. We also support community and district nursing work across both the city and the rural parts of the county.
Mental health and secure
We cover mental health and secure settings across Oxfordshire, from the wards at the Warneford and Littlemore in Oxford to healthcare roles within HMP Bullingdon and HMP Huntercombe.
We cover Oxford, Banbury, Bicester, Witney, Abingdon, Didcot, Kidlington, Carterton, Thame and Wallingford, plus the villages between them.
Working across the border? We also cover the South East, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire.
On the map
Our Oxfordshire locations
Explore the map to see the hospitals and settings we cover across Oxfordshire, from Oxford’s teaching hospitals to the Horton General in Banbury, with details for every location.
Specialisms in Oxfordshire
Specialisms we cover in Oxfordshire
Whatever your speciality, there is likely work for it here.
- Nursing & care homes
- Mental health
- Prison nursing
- Critical care
- Theatres
Nursing & care homes
Oxfordshire has an ageing population. The number of residents aged 65 and over grew by around 25 per cent between the 2011 and 2021 censuses, and older people made up roughly 18 per cent of the county in the 2023 mid-year estimates. That is felt most in the rural districts like West and South Oxfordshire, where the care and nursing home sector is busy. We place healthcare assistants and nurses into residential and nursing homes from Oxford out to Henley-on-Thames, Chipping Norton and Wantage.
Mental health
Mental health work across the county runs through Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. The Warneford Hospital in Oxford holds adult, older-adult and adolescent wards, including the Meadow psychiatric intensive care unit and the Highfield adolescent unit, and the Littlemore Mental Health Centre in Oxford runs both forensic and general mental health services. We cover RMN and support-worker shifts across these kinds of settings.
Prison nursing
Oxfordshire has two prisons, and healthcare inside them is provided through the NHS. HMP Bullingdon, near Bicester, is a Category C prison that also serves as a local remand prison, and HMP Huntercombe, near Nuffield in the south of the county, holds convicted foreign national men. Prison healthcare covers primary care, mental health and substance misuse, and we support nurses working in these secure settings.
Critical care
The John Radcliffe in Headington is the Major Trauma Centre for the whole of the Thames Valley, with a purpose-built trauma unit sitting alongside its critical care unit. Between the John Radcliffe and the Churchill, Oxford also carries tertiary cancer, cardiac, renal and neurosciences work. If you have ITU, HDU, ED or theatre recovery experience, this is one of the strongest parts of the region for critical care.
Theatres
Surgical work spans the NHS and the independent sector. The Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre is a national orthopaedic hospital, the John Radcliffe and Churchill run general, cancer and transplant surgery, and the Horton General covers the north of the county. Nuffield Health’s The Manor Hospital in Headington handles private elective lists. We place scrub, anaesthetic and recovery practitioners across all of these.
Care & support work in Oxfordshire
Care and support work in Oxfordshire
Most care in Oxfordshire is delivered by care assistants and support workers rather than registered nurses. Oxfordshire County Council is the county’s adult social care authority, and the work spans more than 130 care homes, supported living for adults with learning disabilities and specialist neuro-rehabilitation. Whatever your background, there is regular work near you.
- Care assistant
- Support worker
- Dementia care
- Brain injury
Care assistant
Oxfordshire has more than 130 registered care homes — around 80 of them nursing homes and 54 residential — and the large majority care for older people. Demand is heaviest in the rural districts: across the county the number of residents aged 65 and over rose by roughly a quarter between the 2011 and 2021 censuses, and it is felt most in West and South Oxfordshire where the population skews oldest. Care assistants are the backbone of these homes, supporting older residents with everyday living, personal care and companionship.
Support worker
Alongside its care homes, Oxfordshire has a strong supported-living sector for adults with learning disabilities and autism. Style Acre, an Oxfordshire charity based in Wallingford and an approved provider to Oxfordshire County Council, now supports around 275 people across the county — up from just 20 in 2004 — through supported-living households and community hubs in Wallingford, Didcot and Banbury. 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 a care-home setting.
Dementia care
Dementia is central to elderly care across Oxfordshire: of the county’s 130-plus care homes, around 110 provide dementia care. Support for people with dementia and their families is coordinated through Dementia Oxfordshire, a countywide service run by Age UK Oxfordshire, and as the county’s older population keeps growing the need rises with it. Dementia care is some of the most valued work in the sector, supporting residents to live well day to day.
Brain injury
Oxfordshire has a genuine specialist neuro-rehabilitation centre — the Oxford Centre for Enablement on the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre site in Headington, a purpose-built rehabilitation unit whose neurological rehabilitation inpatient service takes people recovering from brain injury and other disabling neurological conditions. Rehabilitation support workers here help the people they support rebuild skills and independence after a brain or spinal injury, work closely related to the complex-care roles that involve tracheostomy and other clinical support.
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For Oxfordshire employers
Hiring nurses in Oxfordshire?
If you run a service in the county, we can help you fill it.
We work with care and nursing homes, hospitals, hospices and community services across Oxfordshire, from Oxford and Headington to Banbury, Bicester, Witney and Didcot. Whether you need a single shift covered or a regular block, our compliant nurses and healthcare assistants are ready. Call 0333 307 8897 and we will sort it.
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Novello are highly professional, making the onboarding process easier. What I like most is the fact I can book shifts on the app at my own convenience!
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Oxfordshire nursing agency FAQs
Which hospitals in Oxfordshire does Novello cover?
Oxfordshire's hospital scene is led by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the John Radcliffe, the Churchill and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford plus the Horton General in Banbury, alongside independent sites like Nuffield Health's The Manor Hospital in Headington. We cover ward, theatre and department shifts across care, community and hospital settings in the county, and we add new locations regularly, so if we do not have your preferred site yet we will let you know when we do.
How quickly can I start working?
Registration takes minutes. Once your documents are in and your checks are done, many nurses are compliant and ready to work in as little as 24 hours. Call 0333 307 8897 if you want to get moving quickly.
Will I know the pay before I accept a shift?
Yes. You see the confirmed rate in the app before you book anything, so there are no surprises on your payslip. Rates vary by band, speciality and setting, so call our team on 0333 307 8897 for current Oxfordshire rates.
Do you cover work outside Oxford itself?
Very much so. We cover the whole county, from Banbury and Bicester in the north to Henley-on-Thames and Wallingford in the south, and Witney, Carterton and Wantage out west, as well as the villages in between.
What kinds of shifts do you offer in Oxfordshire?
Everything from hospital wards, theatres and critical care to care and nursing homes, community nursing, mental health wards and secure settings such as HMP Bullingdon and HMP Huntercombe. Whatever your speciality, tell us what you are after and we will match you to it.
Ready to find your next shift in Oxfordshire?
Join Novello Healthcare today and browse Oxfordshire shifts from Oxford to Banbury in the app, with confirmed pay before you book. Register in minutes and be ready to work in as little as 24 hours. Sign up now or call our team on 0333 307 8897.
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