Care home nurse jobs in Nottingham

Skills for Care recorded 150 filled registered nurse posts in Nottingham in 2024/25, out of 175 registered nurse posts in total. Around 10 of those registered nurse posts in Nottingham were vacant when the data was collected. That is an 8.1% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Nottingham.

The registered nurse role is 1.3% of the 12,000 filled adult social care posts in Nottingham. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Nottingham ran at 31.4%. New starters were 33.9% of registered nurse posts in Nottingham over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Nottingham ranks 8th of the 10 East Midlands areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the East Midlands sits at 212.5 filled registered nurse posts, against 150 in Nottingham. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Nottingham workforce, the same release records 475 filled senior care worker posts, 200 filled registered manager posts and 6,800 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Nottingham was £23.13 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £44,500 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Nottingham only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Nottingham earn a median of £34,868 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Nottingham at £24,900, £9,968 below it.