Care home nurse jobs in South Tyneside

Skills for Care recorded 75 filled registered nurse posts in South Tyneside in 2024/25, out of 75 registered nurse posts in total. That is an 11.8% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in South Tyneside.

The registered nurse role is 2.2% of the 3,400 filled adult social care posts in South Tyneside. Turnover in the registered nurse role in South Tyneside ran at 18.9%. New starters were 43.8% of registered nurse posts in South Tyneside over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, South Tyneside ranks 12th 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 South Tyneside. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the South Tyneside workforce, the same release records 175 filled senior care worker posts, 50 filled registered manager posts and 1,500 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in South Tyneside was £20.13 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £38,700 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in South Tyneside only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in South Tyneside earn a median of £31,604 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in South Tyneside at £26,000, £5,604 below it.