Care home nurse jobs in Medway

Skills for Care recorded 125 filled registered nurse posts in Medway in 2024/25, out of 125 registered nurse posts in total. That is a 3% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Medway.

The registered nurse role is 1.8% of the 6,900 filled adult social care posts in Medway. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Medway ran at 22.4%. New starters were 28.2% of registered nurse posts in Medway over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Medway ranks 11th 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 125 in Medway. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Medway workforce, the same release records 375 filled senior care worker posts, 150 filled registered manager posts and 3,900 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Medway was £20.93 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £40,300 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Medway only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Medway earn a median of £37,128 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Medway at £24,800, £12,328 below it.