Care home nurse jobs in Gateshead

Skills for Care recorded 150 filled registered nurse posts in Gateshead in 2024/25, out of 175 registered nurse posts in total. Around 25 of those registered nurse posts in Gateshead were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 12.8% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Gateshead.

The registered nurse role is 2.4% of the 6,200 filled adult social care posts in Gateshead. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Gateshead ran at 39.9%. New starters were 53.1% of registered nurse posts in Gateshead over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Gateshead ranks 5th of the 12 North East areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the North East sits at 125 filled registered nurse posts, against 150 in Gateshead. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Gateshead workforce, the same release records 275 filled senior care worker posts, 75 filled registered manager posts and 3,400 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Gateshead was £19.26 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £37,000 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Gateshead only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Gateshead earn a median of £33,670 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Gateshead at £25,200, £8,470 below it.