Care home nurse jobs in Cheshire East

Skills for Care recorded 425 filled registered nurse posts in Cheshire East in 2024/25, out of 450 registered nurse posts in total. Around 25 of those registered nurse posts in Cheshire East were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 7% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Cheshire East.

The registered nurse role is 3.5% of the 12,000 filled adult social care posts in Cheshire East. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Cheshire East ran at 42.4%. New starters were 34.3% of registered nurse posts in Cheshire East over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Cheshire East ranks 2nd 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 425 in Cheshire East. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Cheshire East workforce, the same release records 800 filled senior care worker posts, 175 filled registered manager posts and 6,500 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Cheshire East was £22.02 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £42,400 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Cheshire East only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Cheshire East earn a median of £39,459 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Cheshire East at £26,000, £13,459 below it.