Care home nurse jobs in Central Bedfordshire

Skills for Care recorded 150 filled registered nurse posts in Central Bedfordshire in 2024/25, out of 150 registered nurse posts in total. That is a 0.2% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Central Bedfordshire.

The registered nurse role is 2.8% of the 5,400 filled adult social care posts in Central Bedfordshire. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Central Bedfordshire ran at 29%. New starters were 31.8% of registered nurse posts in Central Bedfordshire over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Central Bedfordshire ranks 6th of the 11 East of England areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the East of England sits at 150 filled registered nurse posts, against 150 in Central Bedfordshire. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Central Bedfordshire workforce, the same release records 275 filled senior care worker posts, 125 filled registered manager posts and 2,900 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Central Bedfordshire was £20.44 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £39,300 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Central Bedfordshire only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Central Bedfordshire earn a median of £37,704 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Central Bedfordshire at £25,600, £12,104 below it.