Care home nurse jobs in Hertfordshire

Skills for Care recorded 700 filled registered nurse posts in Hertfordshire in 2024/25, out of 700 registered nurse posts in total. Around 25 of those registered nurse posts in Hertfordshire were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 3.3% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Hertfordshire.

The registered nurse role is 2.1% of the 34,000 filled adult social care posts in Hertfordshire. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Hertfordshire ran at 23.5%. New starters were 31.1% of registered nurse posts in Hertfordshire over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Hertfordshire ranks 2nd 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 700 in Hertfordshire. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Hertfordshire workforce, the same release records 1,600 filled senior care worker posts, 550 filled registered manager posts and 19,000 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Hertfordshire was £21.63 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £41,600 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Hertfordshire only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Hertfordshire earn a median of £42,775 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Hertfordshire at £25,900, £16,875 below it.