Care home nurse jobs in Lancashire

Skills for Care recorded 850 filled registered nurse posts in Lancashire in 2024/25, out of 900 registered nurse posts in total. Around 50 of those registered nurse posts in Lancashire were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 5.5% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Lancashire.

The registered nurse role is 2% of the 42,000 filled adult social care posts in Lancashire. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Lancashire ran at 48%. New starters were 42.4% of registered nurse posts in Lancashire over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Lancashire ranks 1st 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 850 in Lancashire. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Lancashire workforce, the same release records 2,100 filled senior care worker posts, 600 filled registered manager posts and 21,500 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Lancashire was £20.89 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £40,200 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Lancashire only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Lancashire earn a median of £35,779 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Lancashire at £24,900, £10,879 below it.