Care home nurse jobs in Cheshire West and Chester

Skills for Care recorded 325 filled registered nurse posts in Cheshire West and Chester in 2024/25, out of 325 registered nurse posts in total. Around 10 of those registered nurse posts in Cheshire West and Chester were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 3.8% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Cheshire West and Chester.

The registered nurse role is 3.3% of the 10,000 filled adult social care posts in Cheshire West and Chester. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Cheshire West and Chester ran at 64.3%. New starters were 57.3% of registered nurse posts in Cheshire West and Chester over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Cheshire West and Chester ranks 3rd 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 325 in Cheshire West and Chester. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Cheshire West and Chester workforce, the same release records 550 filled senior care worker posts, 150 filled registered manager posts and 5,200 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Cheshire West and Chester was £21.36 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £41,100 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Cheshire West and Chester only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Cheshire West and Chester earn a median of £37,198 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Cheshire West and Chester at £25,800, £11,398 below it.