Care home nurse jobs in Cornwall

Skills for Care recorded 350 filled registered nurse posts in Cornwall in 2024/25, out of 375 registered nurse posts in total. Around 25 of those registered nurse posts in Cornwall were vacant when the data was collected. That is an 8.7% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Cornwall.

The registered nurse role is 2% of the 17,500 filled adult social care posts in Cornwall. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Cornwall ran at 39.9%. New starters were 34.1% of registered nurse posts in Cornwall over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Cornwall ranks 6th 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 350 in Cornwall. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Cornwall workforce, the same release records 950 filled senior care worker posts, 275 filled registered manager posts and 8,600 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Cornwall was £21.34 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 Cornwall only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Cornwall earn a median of £33,889 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Cornwall at £25,800, £8,089 below it.