Care home nurse jobs in Southwark

Skills for Care recorded 50 filled registered nurse posts in Southwark in 2024/25, out of 50 registered nurse posts in total. That is a 6.8% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Southwark.

The registered nurse role is 0.7% of the 7,000 filled adult social care posts in Southwark. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Southwark ran at 23.2%. New starters were 30% of registered nurse posts in Southwark over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Southwark ranks 29th of the 33 London areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of London sits at 100 filled registered nurse posts, against 50 in Southwark. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Southwark workforce, the same release records 175 filled senior care worker posts, 75 filled registered manager posts and 3,800 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Southwark was £22.02 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £42,400 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Southwark only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Southwark earn a median of £50,000 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Southwark at £27,200, £22,800 below it.