Care home nurse jobs in Stoke-on-Trent

Skills for Care recorded 275 filled registered nurse posts in Stoke-on-Trent in 2024/25, out of 300 registered nurse posts in total. Around 25 of those registered nurse posts in Stoke-on-Trent were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 9.5% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Stoke-on-Trent.

The registered nurse role is 3.4% of the 8,000 filled adult social care posts in Stoke-on-Trent. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Stoke-on-Trent ran at 48.8%. New starters were 40% of registered nurse posts in Stoke-on-Trent over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Stoke-on-Trent ranks 6th 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 275 in Stoke-on-Trent. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Stoke-on-Trent workforce, the same release records 425 filled senior care worker posts, 150 filled registered manager posts and 4,800 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Stoke-on-Trent was £21.48 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £41,300 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Stoke-on-Trent only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Stoke-on-Trent earn a median of £34,744 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Stoke-on-Trent at £25,200, £9,544 below it.