Care home nurse jobs in Lewisham

Skills for Care recorded 50 filled registered nurse posts in Lewisham in 2024/25, out of 50 registered nurse posts in total. That is a 3.6% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Lewisham.

The registered nurse role is 0.7% of the 6,800 filled adult social care posts in Lewisham. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Lewisham ran at 34%. New starters were 37.6% of registered nurse posts in Lewisham over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Lewisham ranks 28th of the 33 London areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of London sits at 100 filled registered nurse posts, against 50 in Lewisham. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Lewisham workforce, the same release records 275 filled senior care worker posts, 125 filled registered manager posts and 3,700 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Lewisham was £22.81 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £43,900 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Lewisham only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Lewisham earn a median of £42,962 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Lewisham at £27,600, £15,362 below it.