Senior Staff Nurse

NHS; Newport; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK seeks a Senior Staff Nurse to join a collaborative team on the Isle of Wight. This role focuses on delivering high-quality care to mental health patients, promoting teamwork, and mentoring junior staff. The ideal candidate will have a valid nursing registration and considerable experience in mental health practice. A competitive salary ranging from £38,682 to £46,580 is offered with opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Comprehensive induction and training

Possible relocation package

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years post graduate experience.
• High level knowledge of social and health care models.
• Experience delivering CBT based interventions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of professional nursing care and support.
• Promote teamwork and clinical leadership within the team.

Skills

Mental Health Nursing

Team Leadership

Education

1st level registered nurse, RNMH, RNLD with current NMC Registration

Mentorship registered with NMC

Job description

Go back Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Staff Nurse

The closing date is 07 December 2025

Are you ready to take the next step in your career in mental health nursing while living on a beautiful island? We are inviting a Registered Senior Mental Health Nurse to join Osborne Ward, our 16-bed mixed-sex Acute Adult Mental Health Ward, where collaborative, individualised care is at the heart of what we do.

Located on the stunning Isle of Wight, this role offers more than just professional fulfilment. As a close-knit island community, the Isle of Wight provides an excellent quality of life for families and individuals alike. With its unspoiled beaches, scenic countryside, and year-round family-friendly activities, it's the perfect place to build both your career and personal life. From exploring historic sites to enjoying water sports or leisurely walks, you'll find something for everyone.

About the Role:

The post holder, in collaboration with the Team, will be responsible for leading on the delivery of the highest professional standard of care, assessment, treatment and support of people within the Service.

Why Join Us?

• Comprehensive induction, training, and CPD opportunities.
• Be part of a forward-thinking team shaping the future of mental health care.
• Relocation package may be available for the right candidate - to be discussed at interview

Main duties of the job

Inpatient wards / units are designed to meet the holistic needs of service users/patients and carers, in a working environment conducive to staff development and wellbeing. The post holder supports the delivery of the ward / unit through:

• Actively promoting teamwork, respect, integrity, accountability, excellence, and compassion within the clinical team in accordance with the Trust values and code of conduct.
• Demonstrating clinical leadership and oversight in terms of the clinical practice of others.
• Delivering Clinical Supervision to Junior Staff, acting as the shift lead and carrying out clinical audits where necessary.
• Providing nurse leadership within the multidisciplinary team and ensuring the effective assessment formulation planning and monitoring of care given to inpatient service users; including the implementation of meaningful activity for inpatient service users and to analyse the effectiveness of these activities.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 1st level registered nurse, RNMH, RNLD with current NMC Registration
• Mentorship registered with NMC

Experience

• 2 years post graduate experience
• High level knowledge/appreciation of a range of models of practice in social and health care including experience of delivering CBT based interventions
• Knowledge and working experience of interventions and strategies which embrace social and health care needs
• Current national legislative and professional requirements relating to social and health care and the processes implemented locally Community Care Act, Mental Health Act

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.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a year based on full time hours