Care home nurse jobs in Wolverhampton

Skills for Care recorded 200 filled registered nurse posts in Wolverhampton in 2024/25, out of 200 registered nurse posts in total. Around 10 of those registered nurse posts in Wolverhampton were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 6.1% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Wolverhampton.

The registered nurse role is 1.9% of the 10,500 filled adult social care posts in Wolverhampton. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Wolverhampton ran at 32.7%. New starters were 23.9% of registered nurse posts in Wolverhampton over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Wolverhampton ranks 9th of the 14 West Midlands areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the West Midlands sits at 212.5 filled registered nurse posts, against 200 in Wolverhampton. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Wolverhampton workforce, the same release records 475 filled senior care worker posts, 200 filled registered manager posts and 6,100 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Wolverhampton was £19.61 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £37,700 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Wolverhampton only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Wolverhampton earn a median of £35,740 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Wolverhampton at £24,400, £11,340 below it.