Care home nurse jobs in Wakefield

Skills for Care recorded 175 filled registered nurse posts in Wakefield in 2024/25, out of 200 registered nurse posts in total. Around 10 of those registered nurse posts in Wakefield were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 6.2% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Wakefield.

The registered nurse role is 1.8% of the 9,600 filled adult social care posts in Wakefield. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Wakefield ran at 45.1%. New starters were 45.1% of registered nurse posts in Wakefield over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Wakefield ranks 7th of the 15 Yorkshire and The Humber areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of Yorkshire and The Humber sits at 150 filled registered nurse posts, against 175 in Wakefield. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Wakefield workforce, the same release records 500 filled senior care worker posts, 175 filled registered manager posts and 4,900 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Wakefield was £22.59 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £43,500 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Wakefield only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Wakefield earn a median of £35,838 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Wakefield at £25,300, £10,538 below it.