Care home nurse jobs in West Berkshire

Skills for Care recorded 50 filled registered nurse posts in West Berkshire in 2024/25, out of 75 registered nurse posts in total. That is a 10.6% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in West Berkshire.

The registered nurse role is 1.4% of the 3,500 filled adult social care posts in West Berkshire. Turnover in the registered nurse role in West Berkshire ran at 38.2%. New starters were 40.4% of registered nurse posts in West Berkshire over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, West Berkshire ranks 18th of the 19 South East areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the South East sits at 150 filled registered nurse posts, against 50 in West Berkshire. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the West Berkshire workforce, the same release records 225 filled senior care worker posts, 75 filled registered manager posts and 1,900 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in West Berkshire was £22.15 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £42,600 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in West Berkshire only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in West Berkshire earn a median of £42,135 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in West Berkshire at £26,400, £15,735 below it.