Job summary
Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit
Band 5: £32,073 - £39,043 per annum
Permanent Post
Full-Time (37.5 hours per week)

We are recruiting for a Registered Nurse for the Intensive Care Unit who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards "great people, great place".

Main duties of the job
The Band 5 ICU Staff Nurse provides high-quality, patient-centred care to critically ill patients. The post holder is responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care under the supervision of senior ICU colleagues while developing specialist critical care knowledge and competencies.

The role requires safe clinical decision-making, accurate documentation, effective communication, and adherence to Trust policies, NMC standards, and national critical care guidelines.

About us
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 Trust's beach hut in Ryde. We offer many 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.

The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.

Details
Date posted: 14 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year
pro rata, per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 470-8228297-TSW
Job locations: St Mary's Hospital, St Mary's Hospital, Newport Isle of Wight, PO30 5TG, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.

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.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration

Knowledge
Essential

• Evidence of relevant post basic study
• Able to make judgements based on evidence based practice and translate this for use in the ward environment
• To be able to demonstrate understanding of current developments in the NHS and their implications for nursing and quality care for patients

Aptitudes
Essential

• Professional/role model
• Flexible
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to motivate others and maintain own motivation
• Can demonstrate the key Core 6, Level 2 Support equality and value diversity Ability to adapt to change within working situation Core 6, Level 2 Support equality and value diversity ? A review at annual appraisal, more frequently where indicated competencies of the Equality and Diversity Policy.
• Communicate with patients and relatives demonstrating compassion and a professional approach

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's Hospital, St Mary's Hospital, 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:
ICU Sister
Alice Van-Den-Houten
alice.van-den-houten@nhs.net

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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.