Registered children's nurses: pay and what the work involves

Occupation 2236 · Professional occupations

Registered children's nurses

Registered children's nurses nurses provide general or acute nursing care for children and young people with chronic or acute conditions and assist medical doctors with their tasks.

How people enter it

Entrants will need a degree or equivalent qualification in children's nursing and to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. A DBS check is also required.

What the work involves

assists medical doctors and works with other healthcare professionals to deal with emergencies and pre-planned treatment of patients
manages own case load
monitors children's progress, including the interpretation of the behaviour of young children too young to communicate
administers drugs and medicines, applies surgical dressings and gives other forms of treatment
works with parents to explain procedures and health conditions and to help them care for children when they return home
advises on nursing care, disease prevention, and nutrition
plans, manages, provides and evaluates nursing care services for patients, supervises the implementation of nursing care plans

Also called

Community children's nurse · Neonatal nurse · Paediatric nurse · School nurse

What it pays

Measure	Hours	Basis	Period	Value	Source
2236 : Children's nurses	None	None	2026-03	32,600.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2236 : Children's nurses	None	None	2026-03	35,400.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2236 : Children's nurses	None	None	2026-03	41,200.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2236 : Children's nurses	None	None	2026-03	1,000.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2236 : Children's nurses	None	None	2026-03	5,800.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2236 : Children's nurses	None	None	2026-03	42,200.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2236 : Children's nurses	None	None	2026-03	2,800.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)

Every regional figure

ONS does not publish occupational pay below region. Cells the survey could not support are shown as withheld, with its reason — adding a region split to a specific occupation leaves roughly a tenth of cells publishable.

Region	Measure	Hours	Value	Period
East	2236 : Children's nurses	None	3,900.00	2026-03
East Midlands	2236 : Children's nurses	None	2,400.00	2026-03
London	2236 : Children's nurses	None	5,500.00	2026-03
North East	2236 : Children's nurses	None	2,000.00	2026-03
North West	2236 : Children's nurses	None	4,400.00	2026-03
Northern Ireland	2236 : Children's nurses	None	1,000.00	2026-03
Scotland	2236 : Children's nurses	None	5,800.00	2026-03
South East	2236 : Children's nurses	None	6,700.00	2026-03
South West	2236 : Children's nurses	None	3,200.00	2026-03
Wales	2236 : Children's nurses	None	2,800.00	2026-03
West Midlands	2236 : Children's nurses	None	2,700.00	2026-03
Yorkshire and The Humber	2236 : Children's nurses	None	1,800.00	2026-03

Common questions

Does pay for registered children's nurses vary by region?

ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 12 of 12 cells on this page. The rest are withheld by ONS, and are shown as withheld with the reason, rather than left out.

Where do these pay figures come from?

The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, published by the Office for National Statistics. Figures are shown exactly as ONS publishes them — we do not adjust, model or fill them in, and every number on this page carries the series and period it came from.

Classified alongside this

Midwifery nurses · Other registered nursing professionals · Registered community nurses · Registered mental health nurses · Registered nurse practitioners · Registered specialist nurses