Care home nurse jobs in Wirral

Skills for Care recorded 300 filled registered nurse posts in Wirral in 2024/25, out of 325 registered nurse posts in total. Around 10 of those registered nurse posts in Wirral were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 4.7% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Wirral.

The registered nurse role is 3.1% of the 9,600 filled adult social care posts in Wirral. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Wirral ran at 40.1%. New starters were 57.1% of registered nurse posts in Wirral over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Wirral ranks 6th 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 300 in Wirral. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Wirral workforce, the same release records 475 filled senior care worker posts, 150 filled registered manager posts and 4,500 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Wirral was £21.04 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £40,500 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Wirral only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Wirral earn a median of £35,483 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Wirral at £25,800, £9,683 below it.