Care home nurse jobs in Brighton and Hove

Skills for Care recorded 175 filled registered nurse posts in Brighton and Hove in 2024/25, out of 175 registered nurse posts in total. That is a 2.4% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Brighton and Hove.

The registered nurse role is 2.4% of the 7,200 filled adult social care posts in Brighton and Hove. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Brighton and Hove ran at 32.3%. New starters were 30.2% of registered nurse posts in Brighton and Hove over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Brighton and Hove ranks 8th 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 175 in Brighton and Hove. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Brighton and Hove workforce, the same release records 325 filled senior care worker posts, 150 filled registered manager posts and 3,700 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Brighton and Hove was £23.11 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £44,500 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Brighton and Hove only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Brighton and Hove earn a median of £39,137 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Brighton and Hove at £26,300, £12,837 below it.