Care home nurse jobs in Telford and Wrekin

Skills for Care recorded 150 filled registered nurse posts in Telford and Wrekin in 2024/25, out of 150 registered nurse posts in total. That is a 7% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Telford and Wrekin.

The registered nurse role is 2.4% of the 6,200 filled adult social care posts in Telford and Wrekin. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Telford and Wrekin ran at 19.7%. New starters were 13.5% of registered nurse posts in Telford and Wrekin over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Telford and Wrekin ranks 11th of the 14 West Midlands areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the West Midlands sits at 212.5 filled registered nurse posts, against 150 in Telford and Wrekin. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Telford and Wrekin workforce, the same release records 275 filled senior care worker posts, 100 filled registered manager posts and 3,800 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Telford and Wrekin was £21.36 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £41,100 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Telford and Wrekin only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Telford and Wrekin earn a median of £36,532 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Telford and Wrekin at £25,600, £10,932 below it.