Care home nurse jobs in Buckinghamshire

Skills for Care recorded 400 filled registered nurse posts in Buckinghamshire in 2024/25, out of 425 registered nurse posts in total. Around 25 of those registered nurse posts in Buckinghamshire were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 6.9% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Buckinghamshire.

The registered nurse role is 3.2% of the 12,500 filled adult social care posts in Buckinghamshire. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Buckinghamshire ran at 49.7%. New starters were 49.1% of registered nurse posts in Buckinghamshire over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Buckinghamshire ranks 7th 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 400 in Buckinghamshire. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Buckinghamshire workforce, the same release records 600 filled senior care worker posts, 225 filled registered manager posts and 7,500 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Buckinghamshire was £22.57 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £43,400 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Buckinghamshire only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Buckinghamshire earn a median of £40,365 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Buckinghamshire at £26,200, £14,165 below it.