Care home nurse jobs in Bury

Skills for Care recorded 100 filled registered nurse posts in Bury in 2024/25, out of 125 registered nurse posts in total. That is a 5.2% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Bury.

The registered nurse role is 1.9% of the 5,200 filled adult social care posts in Bury. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Bury ran at 25.3%. New starters were 17.6% of registered nurse posts in Bury over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Bury ranks 18th 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 Bury. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Bury workforce, the same release records 250 filled senior care worker posts, 100 filled registered manager posts and 2,500 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Bury was £20.07 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £38,600 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Bury only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Bury earn a median of £34,968 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Bury at £26,000, £8,968 below it.