Care home nurse jobs in Lincolnshire

Skills for Care recorded 475 filled registered nurse posts in Lincolnshire in 2024/25, out of 475 registered nurse posts in total. That is a 1.6% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Lincolnshire.

The registered nurse role is 2.1% of the 22,500 filled adult social care posts in Lincolnshire. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Lincolnshire ran at 27.5%. New starters were 32.2% of registered nurse posts in Lincolnshire over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Lincolnshire ranks 3rd of the 10 East Midlands areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the East Midlands sits at 212.5 filled registered nurse posts, against 475 in Lincolnshire. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Lincolnshire workforce, the same release records 1,400 filled senior care worker posts, 350 filled registered manager posts and 13,000 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Lincolnshire was £20.48 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £39,400 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Lincolnshire only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Lincolnshire earn a median of £33,324 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Lincolnshire at £24,900, £8,424 below it.