Job summary
Isle of Wight NHS Trust is located on a beautiful Island, four miles from the South Coast of England. Its the perfect place to bring up a family and ideal if you enjoy the outdoors, Festivals, and events. London can be reached within two hours and our closest airport at Southampton flies to destinations across Europe.

Follow this link to see what the Island has to offer: https://youtu.be/rvHK_99p7f8

If you are recently qualified or completing an Adult Nursing Degree this year and are eager to build your career in nursing come and start your journey with us.

For this post we can only accept applications from students who have completed or are currently completing their qualification at a University in the UK and are due to qualify in 2026.

We can offer you the opportunity to work in a fast paced, rewarding environment, to see and learn things you may never have experienced before with plenty of opportunities for career progression.

Please note, in the event that a high number of applications are received, this advert may close early.

Main duties of the job
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.

We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are C ompassion, A ccountable, R espect and E veryone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.

We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.

Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today.

About us
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is an integrated acute and ambulance health care provider in England. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.

Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trusts beach hut in Ryde. We offer flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job responsibilities

• Ensuring high quality nursing care is coordinated and delivered. Continuing to embed improvement in all that you do
• Work as part of a cohesive multidisciplinary team ensuring patient care is delivered smoothly, efficiently and safely.
• Competence and confidence in the Band 5 role will be achieved through hands-on clinical practice, education and training and research.

This role is suited to people who remain calm under pressure, are good at problem-solving and have excellent interpersonal skills, with an empathetic nature.

Applicants must have the knowledge to provide specialist, clinical, social and holistic care to patients in a pre-hospital environment. The Isle of Wight by its nature and geographical location provides a unique set of clinical challenges to practice in an autonomous way utilising your skills and knowledges as well as having the opportunity to develop new clinical skills.

You will have the chance to enhance your skills and knowledge in areas such as intubation, pre hospital sepsis treatment using antibiotics, thrombolysis.

It is likely your daily activity will involve working in a multi disciplinary setting in terms of undertaking critical transfers via hover craft, car ferry and other cross Solent options looking after your patients for an extended period of time.

Applicants must be able to work a fully rotating shift pattern including days, lates and night shifts, 7 days a week including public holidays.

Successful applicants must be living on the Isle of Wight, or have confirmed plans to relocate to the Island, by their start date. As this role includes shifts commencing from 7:30am, applicants are advised to consider travel times and transport arrangements before applying.

For further details, please refer to attached job description.

Qualifications and Skills & Knowledge
Essential

• Registered nurse with current NMC registration to diploma, advanced diploma or Newly Qualified Nurse with current NMC registration or currently studying for an Adult Nursing Degree and due to qualify in 2026 degree level.
• Clinically competent and Good communication and interpersonal skills
• To listen and effectively communicate via various routes.

Desirable

• Ability to prioritise workload, instruct and direct others
• An awareness of research and evidence based practice relevant to clinical area.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Address: St Mary Hospital, Parkhurst Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5TG, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.iow.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Lead Nurse for Workforce IWT and PHU, Fiona Wright, pho-tr.nursingworkforce@nhs.net, 02392286000

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).