Care home nurse jobs in Torbay

Skills for Care recorded 100 filled registered nurse posts in Torbay in 2024/25, out of 100 registered nurse posts in total. That is a 9.5% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Torbay.

The registered nurse role is 2% of the 5,100 filled adult social care posts in Torbay. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Torbay ran at 43.7%. New starters were 30.4% of registered nurse posts in Torbay over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Torbay ranks 14th of the 14 South West areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the South West sits at 287.5 filled registered nurse posts, against 100 in Torbay. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Torbay workforce, the same release records 300 filled senior care worker posts, 100 filled registered manager posts and 2,600 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Torbay was £21.75 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £41,900 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Torbay only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Torbay earn a median of £30,873 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Torbay at £24,900, £5,973 below it.