Working with us

No matter what your experience or background, a career with the Royal College of Nursing promises to be both challenging and rewarding. We have over 800 employees based at our 18 locations across the UK.

With a membership of over 400,000, the Royal College of Nursing is the largest professional association and union of nursing staff and students in the world. With an influential voice at home and abroad, we promote nursing interest, represent and campaign on behalf of our members and the people they care for, and are a leading player in the development of nursing policy and practice, and standards of care.

At the Royal College of Nursing we are committed to providing a quality service for our members and being an effective, efficient organisation which attracts and retains high quality staff. To support us in achieving our aspirations we want to employ people who have the right values and skills. In return for your commitment to our goals, we will support you be providing excellent benefits and learning and development opportunities.

Interested? If so, search for your next role.

We also regularly recruit to non-executive roles, such as positions on subsidiary boards, professional nursing and other committees and task and finish groups - if you are an RCN member or external expert please visit the RCN appointments page for more information. RCN members can also stand for election to trade union and other roles, including RCN Council and our national and regional boards. Visit the RCN elections page for details of what elections are taking place at the moment.  

You may also be interested in taking up a position as a trustee with the RCN Foundation – go to the RCN Foundation's website for details of any current trustee vacancies.