Care home nurse jobs in Bedford

Skills for Care recorded 125 filled registered nurse posts in Bedford in 2024/25, out of 125 registered nurse posts in total. That is a 0.2% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Bedford.

The registered nurse role is 2.2% of the 5,600 filled adult social care posts in Bedford. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Bedford ran at 14.7%. New starters were 35.5% of registered nurse posts in Bedford over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Bedford ranks 8th of the 11 East of England areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the East of England sits at 150 filled registered nurse posts, against 125 in Bedford. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Bedford workforce, the same release records 350 filled senior care worker posts, 150 filled registered manager posts and 3,300 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Bedford was £21.42 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £41,200 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Bedford only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Bedford earn a median of £37,994 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Bedford at £25,000, £12,994 below it.