Care home nurse jobs in Southend-on-Sea

Skills for Care recorded 75 filled registered nurse posts in Southend-on-Sea in 2024/25, out of 75 registered nurse posts in total. That is a 0.4% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Southend-on-Sea.

The registered nurse role is 1.3% of the 5,700 filled adult social care posts in Southend-on-Sea. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Southend-on-Sea ran at 7.4%. New starters were 13.5% of registered nurse posts in Southend-on-Sea over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Southend-on-Sea ranks 10th 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 75 in Southend-on-Sea. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Southend-on-Sea workforce, the same release records 375 filled senior care worker posts, 150 filled registered manager posts and 3,100 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Southend-on-Sea was £19.38 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £37,300 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Southend-on-Sea only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Southend-on-Sea earn a median of £31,748 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Southend-on-Sea at £25,000, £6,748 below it.