Care home nurse jobs in Oxfordshire

Skills for Care recorded 700 filled registered nurse posts in Oxfordshire in 2024/25, out of 700 registered nurse posts in total. Around 25 of those registered nurse posts in Oxfordshire were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 5.7% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Oxfordshire.

The registered nurse role is 3.7% of the 19,000 filled adult social care posts in Oxfordshire. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Oxfordshire ran at 32.9%. New starters were 34.1% of registered nurse posts in Oxfordshire over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Oxfordshire ranks 5th 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 700 in Oxfordshire. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Oxfordshire workforce, the same release records 1,200 filled senior care worker posts, 275 filled registered manager posts and 9,600 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Oxfordshire was £22.58 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £43,500 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Oxfordshire only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Oxfordshire earn a median of £42,951 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Oxfordshire at £26,700, £16,251 below it.