Care home nurse jobs in Sunderland

Skills for Care recorded 200 filled registered nurse posts in Sunderland in 2024/25, out of 225 registered nurse posts in total. Around 25 of those registered nurse posts in Sunderland were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 13.1% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Sunderland.

The registered nurse role is 2.6% of the 7,700 filled adult social care posts in Sunderland. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Sunderland ran at 16.8%. New starters were 12.9% of registered nurse posts in Sunderland over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Sunderland ranks 4th of the 12 North East areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the North East sits at 125 filled registered nurse posts, against 200 in Sunderland. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Sunderland workforce, the same release records 375 filled senior care worker posts, 125 filled registered manager posts and 4,000 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Sunderland was £20.28 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £39,000 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Sunderland only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Sunderland earn a median of £32,015 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Sunderland at £25,700, £6,315 below it.