Care home nurse jobs in Darlington

Skills for Care recorded 75 filled registered nurse posts in Darlington in 2024/25, out of 100 registered nurse posts in total. Around 10 of those registered nurse posts in Darlington were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 15% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Darlington.

The registered nurse role is 2.1% of the 3,600 filled adult social care posts in Darlington. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Darlington ran at 43.4%. New starters were 72.6% of registered nurse posts in Darlington over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Darlington ranks 9th of the 12 North East areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the North East sits at 125 filled registered nurse posts, against 75 in Darlington. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Darlington workforce, the same release records 175 filled senior care worker posts, 50 filled registered manager posts and 1,900 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Darlington was £21.20 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £40,800 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Darlington only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Darlington earn a median of £33,840 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Darlington at £25,200, £8,640 below it.