Care home nurse jobs in Gloucestershire

Skills for Care recorded 600 filled registered nurse posts in Gloucestershire in 2024/25, out of 650 registered nurse posts in total. Around 25 of those registered nurse posts in Gloucestershire were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 5.3% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Gloucestershire.

The registered nurse role is 2.9% of the 20,500 filled adult social care posts in Gloucestershire. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Gloucestershire ran at 27.7%. New starters were 33.4% of registered nurse posts in Gloucestershire over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Gloucestershire ranks 1st of the 14 South West areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the South West sits at 287.5 filled registered nurse posts, against 600 in Gloucestershire. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Gloucestershire workforce, the same release records 1,300 filled senior care worker posts, 350 filled registered manager posts and 12,000 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Gloucestershire was £21.82 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £42,000 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Gloucestershire only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Gloucestershire earn a median of £37,598 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Gloucestershire at £25,700, £11,898 below it.