Care home nurse jobs in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Skills for Care recorded 300 filled registered nurse posts in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole in 2024/25, out of 300 registered nurse posts in total. That is a 1.6% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

The registered nurse role is 2.3% of the 13,000 filled adult social care posts in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole ran at 16.5%. New starters were 16.4% of registered nurse posts in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole ranks 7th of the 14 South West areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the South West sits at 287.5 filled registered nurse posts, against 300 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole workforce, the same release records 750 filled senior care worker posts, 225 filled registered manager posts and 7,300 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole was £21.79 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £41,900 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole earn a median of £37,241 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at £25,700, £11,541 below it.