Care home nurse jobs in Kent

Skills for Care recorded 1,200 filled registered nurse posts in Kent in 2024/25, out of 1,300 registered nurse posts in total. Around 50 of those registered nurse posts in Kent were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 5.1% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Kent.

The registered nurse role is 2.7% of the 44,000 filled adult social care posts in Kent. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Kent ran at 23.3%. New starters were 31.3% of registered nurse posts in Kent over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Kent ranks 2nd 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 1,200 in Kent. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Kent workforce, the same release records 2,500 filled senior care worker posts, 800 filled registered manager posts and 23,000 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Kent was £21.83 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £42,000 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Kent only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Kent earn a median of £36,127 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Kent at £25,300, £10,827 below it.