Care home nurse jobs in Oldham

Skills for Care recorded 75 filled registered nurse posts in Oldham in 2024/25, out of 100 registered nurse posts in total. That is a 10.9% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Oldham.

The registered nurse role is 1% of the 7,800 filled adult social care posts in Oldham. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Oldham ran at 24.5%. New starters were 26.6% of registered nurse posts in Oldham over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Oldham ranks 23rd 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 75 in Oldham. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Oldham workforce, the same release records 275 filled senior care worker posts, 100 filled registered manager posts and 3,800 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Oldham was £19.81 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £38,100 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Oldham only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Oldham earn a median of £33,860 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Oldham at £26,100, £7,760 below it.