Care home nurse jobs in Barnsley

Skills for Care recorded 100 filled registered nurse posts in Barnsley in 2024/25, out of 100 registered nurse posts in total. That is a 0.3% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Barnsley.

The registered nurse role is 1.6% of the 6,400 filled adult social care posts in Barnsley. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Barnsley ran at 10.7%. New starters were 15.8% of registered nurse posts in Barnsley over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Barnsley ranks 11th of the 15 Yorkshire and The Humber areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of Yorkshire and The Humber sits at 150 filled registered nurse posts, against 100 in Barnsley. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Barnsley workforce, the same release records 375 filled senior care worker posts, 125 filled registered manager posts and 3,500 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Barnsley was £19.93 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £38,300 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Barnsley only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Barnsley earn a median of £35,629 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Barnsley at £25,300, £10,329 below it.