Care home nurse jobs in Norfolk

Skills for Care recorded 425 filled registered nurse posts in Norfolk in 2024/25, out of 425 registered nurse posts in total. Around 10 of those registered nurse posts in Norfolk were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 2.9% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Norfolk.

The registered nurse role is 1.5% of the 28,000 filled adult social care posts in Norfolk. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Norfolk ran at 26.2%. New starters were 23.5% of registered nurse posts in Norfolk over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Norfolk ranks 4th of the 11 East of England areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the East of England sits at 150 filled registered nurse posts, against 425 in Norfolk. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Norfolk workforce, the same release records 1,500 filled senior care worker posts, 450 filled registered manager posts and 13,500 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Norfolk was £21.37 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £41,100 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Norfolk only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Norfolk earn a median of £35,940 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Norfolk at £26,200, £9,740 below it.