Private sector nursing careers: what are the options?

Diverse range of nurse employers and care providers offer equally broad range of opportunities, sometimes with better pay and greater chance of work-life balance

Record numbers of nurses are leaving the NHS. And with pressures growing on front-line services, more are likely to follow suit.

Some leave to work in social care and local authority-run public health roles, but many move across to independent providers.

So what jobs are available in the private sector and what is life like for nurses who make that leap?

• RELATED: Two thirds of nurses who quit NHS in past year are under 45

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