Care home nurse jobs in East Sussex

Skills for Care recorded 550 filled registered nurse posts in East Sussex in 2024/25, out of 650 registered nurse posts in total. Around 75 of those registered nurse posts in East Sussex were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 12.7% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in East Sussex.

The registered nurse role is 2.9% of the 19,000 filled adult social care posts in East Sussex. Turnover in the registered nurse role in East Sussex ran at 35.8%. New starters were 36.3% of registered nurse posts in East Sussex over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, East Sussex ranks 6th of the 19 South East areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the South East sits at 150 filled registered nurse posts, against 550 in East Sussex. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the East Sussex workforce, the same release records 1,200 filled senior care worker posts, 325 filled registered manager posts and 8,600 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in East Sussex was £22.33 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £43,000 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in East Sussex only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in East Sussex earn a median of £35,557 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in East Sussex at £26,500, £9,057 below it.