Care home nurse jobs in Blackpool

Skills for Care recorded 100 filled registered nurse posts in Blackpool in 2024/25, out of 100 registered nurse posts in total. That is a 6% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Blackpool.

The registered nurse role is 2% of the 5,000 filled adult social care posts in Blackpool. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Blackpool ran at 46.6%. New starters were 72.4% of registered nurse posts in Blackpool over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Blackpool ranks 17th 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 100 in Blackpool. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Blackpool workforce, the same release records 225 filled senior care worker posts, 75 filled registered manager posts and 2,400 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Blackpool was £21.12 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £40,600 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Blackpool only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Blackpool earn a median of £32,553 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Blackpool at £25,400, £7,153 below it.