Care home nurse jobs in South Gloucestershire

Skills for Care recorded 225 filled registered nurse posts in South Gloucestershire in 2024/25, out of 225 registered nurse posts in total. That is a 4.2% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in South Gloucestershire.

The registered nurse role is 2.4% of the 9,300 filled adult social care posts in South Gloucestershire. Turnover in the registered nurse role in South Gloucestershire ran at 21.9%. New starters were 13.2% of registered nurse posts in South Gloucestershire over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, South Gloucestershire ranks 10th 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 225 in South Gloucestershire. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the South Gloucestershire workforce, the same release records 425 filled senior care worker posts, 150 filled registered manager posts and 4,700 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in South Gloucestershire was £21.15 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £40,700 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in South Gloucestershire only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in South Gloucestershire earn a median of £42,267 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in South Gloucestershire at £26,400, £15,867 below it.