Care home nurse jobs in Worcestershire

Skills for Care recorded 450 filled registered nurse posts in Worcestershire in 2024/25, out of 450 registered nurse posts in total. That is a 1.4% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Worcestershire.

The registered nurse role is 2.9% of the 15,500 filled adult social care posts in Worcestershire. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Worcestershire ran at 41.9%. New starters were 37.6% of registered nurse posts in Worcestershire over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Worcestershire ranks 3rd 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 450 in Worcestershire. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Worcestershire workforce, the same release records 1,000 filled senior care worker posts, 275 filled registered manager posts and 8,700 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Worcestershire was £21.85 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £42,000 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Worcestershire only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Worcestershire earn a median of £36,521 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Worcestershire at £25,300, £11,221 below it.