Care home nurse jobs in Blackburn with Darwen

Skills for Care recorded 100 filled registered nurse posts in Blackburn with Darwen in 2024/25, out of 100 registered nurse posts in total. That is a 4.5% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Blackburn with Darwen.

The registered nurse role is 2.3% of the 4,400 filled adult social care posts in Blackburn with Darwen. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Blackburn with Darwen ran at 15.3%. New starters were 1.9% of registered nurse posts in Blackburn with Darwen over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Blackburn with Darwen ranks 16th of the 24 North West areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the North West sits at 150 filled registered nurse posts, against 100 in Blackburn with Darwen. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Blackburn with Darwen workforce, the same release records 200 filled senior care worker posts, 50 filled registered manager posts and 2,200 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Blackburn with Darwen was £21.45 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £41,300 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Blackburn with Darwen only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Blackburn with Darwen earn a median of £36,223 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Blackburn with Darwen at £25,300, £10,923 below it.