Care home nurse jobs in Dorset

Skills for Care recorded 250 filled registered nurse posts in Dorset in 2024/25, out of 250 registered nurse posts in total. That is a 3.8% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Dorset.

The registered nurse role is 2.4% of the 10,500 filled adult social care posts in Dorset. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Dorset ran at 13.2%. New starters were 5.4% of registered nurse posts in Dorset over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Dorset ranks 9th 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 250 in Dorset. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Dorset workforce, the same release records 700 filled senior care worker posts, 175 filled registered manager posts and 5,200 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Dorset was £22.70 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £43,700 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Dorset only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Dorset earn a median of £35,311 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Dorset at £25,800, £9,511 below it.