Care home nurse jobs in Somerset

Skills for Care recorded 500 filled registered nurse posts in Somerset in 2024/25, out of 550 registered nurse posts in total. Around 25 of those registered nurse posts in Somerset were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 6.3% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Somerset.

The registered nurse role is 2.8% of the 18,000 filled adult social care posts in Somerset. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Somerset ran at 34.3%. New starters were 35.7% of registered nurse posts in Somerset over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Somerset ranks 3rd 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 500 in Somerset. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Somerset workforce, the same release records 1,100 filled senior care worker posts, 275 filled registered manager posts and 9,200 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Somerset was £22.75 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £43,800 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Somerset only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Somerset earn a median of £35,440 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Somerset at £25,400, £10,040 below it.