Care home nurse jobs in Westmorland and Furness

Skills for Care recorded 200 filled registered nurse posts in Westmorland and Furness in 2024/25, out of 200 registered nurse posts in total. That is a 0.2% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Westmorland and Furness.

The registered nurse role is 2.9% of the 6,800 filled adult social care posts in Westmorland and Furness. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Westmorland and Furness ran at 12%. New starters were 1.2% of registered nurse posts in Westmorland and Furness over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Westmorland and Furness ranks 10th of the 24 North West areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the North West sits at 150 filled registered nurse posts, against 200 in Westmorland and Furness. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Westmorland and Furness workforce, the same release records 275 filled senior care worker posts, 100 filled registered manager posts and 3,100 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Westmorland and Furness was £19.66 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £37,800 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Westmorland and Furness only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Westmorland and Furness earn a median of £40,529 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Westmorland and Furness at £26,100, £14,429 below it.