Working together, as one team

About Us:  

Isle of Wight NHS Trust is an acute and ambulance health care provider. The trust was established in April 2012 as the only fully integrated provider of health services to an isolated offshore population of 140,000.

The trust is now working in a Group arrangement with Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, with a shared executive team and board meetings in common. 

Acute hospital care

Based at the heart of the Island, with 266 beds and handling around 27,000 admissions each year, St Mary’s Hospital in Newport is the main base for delivering acute services for the Island’s population. Services include the Emergency Department (A&E), the Urgent Treatment Centre by referral only, Emergency medicine and surgery, planned surgery, intensive care, comprehensive maternity, Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) and paediatric services with 986 births last year.

Ambulance service 

Isle of Wight Ambulance Service (IWAS) is part of Isle of Wight NHS Trust.

The service encompasses the Clinical Co-ordination Centre, Frontline Operations, Patient Transport Service, education and training, and Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR), for the Island population.  

Benefits: 

• Support the NHS - Help the NHS reduce their dependency on agencies 
• Flexible Shifts - You choose what shifts you want to work and when   
• Gain NHS Experience - Gain valuable NHS experience in your chosen specialism 
• Weekly Pay - Control your budget with weekly pay

Locations:  

St Mary's Hospital, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5TG.