Care home nurse jobs in West Northamptonshire

Skills for Care recorded 275 filled registered nurse posts in West Northamptonshire in 2024/25, out of 275 registered nurse posts in total. Around 25 of those registered nurse posts in West Northamptonshire were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 6.4% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in West Northamptonshire.

The registered nurse role is 2.4% of the 11,500 filled adult social care posts in West Northamptonshire. Turnover in the registered nurse role in West Northamptonshire ran at 50%. New starters were 43% of registered nurse posts in West Northamptonshire over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, West Northamptonshire ranks 4th of the 10 East Midlands areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the East Midlands sits at 212.5 filled registered nurse posts, against 275 in West Northamptonshire. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the West Northamptonshire workforce, the same release records 600 filled senior care worker posts, 250 filled registered manager posts and 6,800 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in West Northamptonshire was £20.89 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £40,200 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in West Northamptonshire only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in West Northamptonshire earn a median of £38,313 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in West Northamptonshire at £24,800, £13,513 below it.