Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit | Isle of Wight NHS Trust


Company:	Isle of Wight NHS
Salary:	£32,073 - £39,043 pro rata, per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Newport Isle of Wight, PO30 5TG
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	14 Aug 2026
Closing date:	13 Sept 2026

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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”.

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.

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.

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.

This advert closes on Friday 21 Aug 2026

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