Care home nurse jobs in Bolton

Skills for Care recorded 125 filled registered nurse posts in Bolton in 2024/25, out of 150 registered nurse posts in total. That is a 7% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Bolton.

The registered nurse role is 1.5% of the 8,500 filled adult social care posts in Bolton. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Bolton ran at 6.3%. New starters were 7.3% of registered nurse posts in Bolton over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Bolton ranks 14th of the 24 North West areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the North West sits at 150 filled registered nurse posts, against 125 in Bolton. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Bolton workforce, the same release records 375 filled senior care worker posts, 125 filled registered manager posts and 4,200 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Bolton was £19.34 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £37,200 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Bolton only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Bolton earn a median of £33,008 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Bolton at £25,300, £7,708 below it.