Care home nurse jobs in Suffolk

Skills for Care recorded 475 filled registered nurse posts in Suffolk in 2024/25, out of 500 registered nurse posts in total. Around 25 of those registered nurse posts in Suffolk were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 5.2% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Suffolk.

The registered nurse role is 2% of the 23,500 filled adult social care posts in Suffolk. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Suffolk ran at 47.5%. New starters were 27% of registered nurse posts in Suffolk over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Suffolk ranks 3rd of the 11 East of England areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the East of England sits at 150 filled registered nurse posts, against 475 in Suffolk. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Suffolk workforce, the same release records 1,300 filled senior care worker posts, 350 filled registered manager posts and 12,500 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Suffolk was £21.65 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £41,700 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Suffolk only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Suffolk earn a median of £36,891 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Suffolk at £25,400, £11,491 below it.