Median nursing salary including overtime was almost €50,000
Ten staff nurses in the Health Service Executive earned more than €130,000 in 2018, with three of those earning more than €140,000.
The figures disclosed by the HSE show the median salary, including overtime, for the 31,415 nursing staff employed during the year was close to €50,000. “Every effort is made to minimise the use of overtime as we are very aware of the need for both staff and patient care, but there are occasions when there is no alternative.“Overtime figures should be considered in the overall context of delivering mental health services, including increasing demand for services and the ongoing challenges in relation to the recruitment and retention of nurses within mental health.
Peter Hughes, general secretary of the Psychiatric Nurses Association, said the figures reflected the overreliance within the HSE on overtime to maintain services.The data released covers every nurse who was paid by the HSE during the year, including those who worked part-time, or who only worked for a portion of the year, including those who left its employment, or who started work. Those cohorts would have been included in the 3,754 nurses who were paid €20,000 or less in 2018.
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