Care home nurse jobs in Northumberland

Skills for Care recorded 225 filled registered nurse posts in Northumberland in 2024/25, out of 275 registered nurse posts in total. Around 25 of those registered nurse posts in Northumberland were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 16.9% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Northumberland.

The registered nurse role is 2.4% of the 9,500 filled adult social care posts in Northumberland. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Northumberland ran at 55.7%. New starters were 56.3% of registered nurse posts in Northumberland over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Northumberland ranks 3rd 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 225 in Northumberland. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Northumberland workforce, the same release records 650 filled senior care worker posts, 125 filled registered manager posts and 4,800 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Northumberland was £20.18 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £38,800 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Northumberland only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Northumberland earn a median of £35,323 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Northumberland at £25,900, £9,423 below it.