Care home nurse jobs in Staffordshire

Skills for Care recorded 700 filled registered nurse posts in Staffordshire in 2024/25, out of 750 registered nurse posts in total. Around 50 of those registered nurse posts in Staffordshire were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 7.5% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Staffordshire.

The registered nurse role is 3% of the 23,000 filled adult social care posts in Staffordshire. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Staffordshire ran at 22.5%. New starters were 36.4% of registered nurse posts in Staffordshire over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Staffordshire ranks 2nd 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 700 in Staffordshire. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Staffordshire workforce, the same release records 1,300 filled senior care worker posts, 375 filled registered manager posts and 12,500 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Staffordshire was £21.33 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £41,000 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Staffordshire only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Staffordshire earn a median of £34,532 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Staffordshire at £24,900, £9,632 below it.