Care home nurse jobs in Bath and North East Somerset

Skills for Care recorded 175 filled registered nurse posts in Bath and North East Somerset in 2024/25, out of 175 registered nurse posts in total. That is an 8.9% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Bath and North East Somerset.

The registered nurse role is 4.2% of the 4,200 filled adult social care posts in Bath and North East Somerset. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Bath and North East Somerset ran at 56.6%. New starters were 58.6% of registered nurse posts in Bath and North East Somerset over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Bath and North East Somerset ranks 11th of the 14 South West areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the South West sits at 287.5 filled registered nurse posts, against 175 in Bath and North East Somerset. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Bath and North East Somerset workforce, the same release records 250 filled senior care worker posts, 75 filled registered manager posts and 1,800 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Bath and North East Somerset was £21.78 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £41,900 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Bath and North East Somerset only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Bath and North East Somerset earn a median of £38,040 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Bath and North East Somerset at £26,600, £11,440 below it.