Care home nurse jobs in Sandwell

Skills for Care recorded 225 filled registered nurse posts in Sandwell in 2024/25, out of 225 registered nurse posts in total. That is a 0.2% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Sandwell.

The registered nurse role is 2.3% of the 10,000 filled adult social care posts in Sandwell. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Sandwell ran at 46.4%. New starters were 31.8% of registered nurse posts in Sandwell over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Sandwell ranks 7th of the 14 West Midlands areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the West Midlands sits at 212.5 filled registered nurse posts, against 225 in Sandwell. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Sandwell workforce, the same release records 450 filled senior care worker posts, 175 filled registered manager posts and 5,700 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Sandwell was £19.99 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £38,500 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Sandwell only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Sandwell earn a median of £33,636 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Sandwell at £24,400, £9,236 below it.