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Nursing in Hampshire
Why nurses choose Novello in Hampshire
Straightforward work, honest pay and a team that answers the phone.
Shifts that suit you
Pick up work near home, whether that is an acute ward at Queen Alexandra in Cosham, a nursing home in the New Forest or a community placement around Winchester and Basingstoke. You choose the shifts, the sites and the hours through the app.
Pay you can see up front
The rate is on the shift before you accept it, so there are no surprises. We keep payroll simple and pay on time, so you are not chasing money after a long day on the ward.
Compliance made painless
Our team handles your DBS, mandatory training and revalidation paperwork so your file stays audit-ready. Once you are cleared you can work across NHS trusts, independent hospitals and care settings without starting the checks again each time.
The county we cover
Hampshire’s healthcare landscape
Hampshire runs on three big acute trusts, a large community and mental health trust, and a busy independent sector.
Acute care in Hampshire is delivered by three NHS trusts. University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust runs Southampton General, home to the region’s major trauma centre and one of only two places in the south of England providing full onsite major trauma care for both adults and children, alongside Princess Anne Hospital and Southampton Children’s Hospital. Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust runs Queen Alexandra Hospital at Cosham, and Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust covers Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Southampton, Basingstoke and Queen Alexandra all sit within the Wessex Trauma Network, so demand for ward, theatre and critical care nurses runs right across the county.
Community, mental health and learning disability services are provided by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, formed on 1 October 2024 when Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust and Solent NHS Trust merged and took on the Isle of Wight’s community and mental health services. Its inpatient sites include Antelope House in Southampton, Melbury Lodge on the Royal Hampshire County Hospital site in Winchester, Parklands Hospital in Basingstoke and the regional secure forensic unit at Ravenswood House near Fareham. The county’s independent sector adds Sarum Road Hospital in Winchester, Nuffield Health Wessex Hospital near Eastleigh and the Spire hospitals in Southampton and Portsmouth. HMP Winchester is the county’s main prison, and on top of all this sits a large community nursing workload spread across a big county, from the Solent coast to the northern market towns.
Where we work
Where we cover in Hampshire
From the Solent coast to the northern market towns, we place nurses across the county.
Hospitals and theatres
We support acute and surgical teams at NHS sites such as Southampton General, Queen Alexandra in Cosham, Basingstoke and North Hampshire and the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester, plus independent theatres at Sarum Road and Nuffield Health Wessex.
Care and community
Nursing homes and community placements run right across Hampshire, from Portsmouth, Gosport and Havant on the coast to Andover, Alton and Fleet inland, with the New Forest and Lymington adding a strong older-population workload.
Mental health and secure
We cover mental health and secure settings including inpatient units run by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust at Antelope House, Melbury Lodge and Parklands, and the forensic wards at Ravenswood House near Fareham.
That includes Southampton, Portsmouth, Winchester, Basingstoke, Andover, Fareham, Gosport, Eastleigh, Aldershot and Farnborough.
Novello also covers the wider region and neighbouring counties. See our South East nursing agency and Dorset nursing agency pages.
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Our Hampshire coverage
See where we place nurses across Hampshire and the hospitals we cover.
Specialisms in Hampshire
Specialisms we cover in Hampshire
Whatever your field, Hampshire has the work, from major trauma and critical care at Southampton General to forensic mental health at Ravenswood House and a large older-population care sector across the coast and New Forest.
- Nursing & care homes
- Mental health
- Prison nursing
- Critical care
- Theatres
Nursing & care homes
Hampshire is one of England’s largest shire counties and has a notably older population, especially along the coast and in the New Forest, so nursing and residential homes make up a big share of the work. Hampshire County Council commissions care through a framework of CQC-registered providers, and with national care-home occupancy back up to around 84 per cent in 2024/25 (CQC), demand for reliable agency nurses in older people’s care stays high.
Mental health
Mental health work sits mainly with Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. That covers acute wards and the Hamtun psychiatric intensive care unit at Antelope House in Southampton, adult wards and a mother and baby unit at Melbury Lodge in Winchester, and adult wards plus the Hazel psychiatric intensive care unit at Parklands Hospital in Basingstoke, alongside a large community mental health service.
Prison nursing
HMP Winchester, a Category B reception prison with a separate Category C unit, is the main prison inside the county boundary. The old Kingston prison in Portsmouth closed in 2013, so the wider estate now sits mostly across the Surrey and Dorset borders. Much of Hampshire’s secure nursing therefore runs through forensic mental health rather than the prison estate, above all at Ravenswood House near Fareham, the medium and low secure forensic unit run by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare.
Critical care
Southampton General is the region’s major trauma centre and one of only two hospitals in the south of England offering full onsite major trauma care for adults and children, with tertiary cardiac, neurosciences and children’s services on site. Queen Alexandra in Cosham and Basingstoke and North Hampshire act as trauma units within the Wessex Trauma Network, so there is steady demand for ITU, HDU and theatre recovery nurses.
Theatres
Surgical work spans NHS theatres at Southampton General, Queen Alexandra, Basingstoke and North Hampshire and the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, plus the independent sector at Sarum Road Hospital in Winchester with its two theatres and high dependency unit, Nuffield Health Wessex near Eastleigh, and the Spire hospitals in Southampton and Portsmouth. Scrub, anaesthetic and recovery nurses are in regular demand.
Care & support work in Hampshire
Care and support work in Hampshire
Most care in Hampshire is delivered by care assistants and support workers rather than registered nurses. Hampshire is one of England’s largest shire counties, and its county council runs one of the biggest adult social care operations in the country, spanning elderly care homes along the coast and in the New Forest, supported living, and specialist neuro-rehabilitation. Whatever your background, there is regular work near you.
- Care assistant
- Support worker
- Dementia care
- Brain injury
Care assistant
Hampshire’s older-people care work is heaviest along the coast and in the New Forest, where around 30% of residents are aged 65 or over — one of the oldest populations in the South East, with a median age of around 51. Care assistants are the backbone of the county’s residential and nursing homes, supporting older people with everyday living, personal care and companionship.
Support worker
Hampshire County Council is steadily moving support for people with learning disabilities, autism and physical disabilities away from residential care and towards supported living, commissioning a growing number of supported-living places across the county. That means steady demand for support workers who help the people they support live as independently as possible — in their own homes and out in the community, rather than in a care-home setting.
Dementia care
More than 18,000 people across the NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight area have a recorded dementia diagnosis, a total that rose by around 5% in the year to July 2025. With a local diagnosis rate of roughly 64%, many more older people are thought to be living with the condition undiagnosed, so demand for skilled dementia care stays high. Dementia care is some of the most valued work in the sector, supporting residents to live well day to day.
Brain injury
Hampshire has a genuine specialist neuro cluster — Inspire Neurocare’s neurological rehabilitation centre at Nursling on the edge of Southampton, its sister centre in Basingstoke, and the Headway brain-injury charity centre at Totton. Rehabilitation support workers here help the people they support rebuild skills and independence after a brain injury, work closely related to the complex-care roles that involve tracheostomy and other clinical support.
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From nursing homes in the New Forest and along the Solent to hospital wards, theatres and mental health units in Southampton, Portsmouth, Winchester and Basingstoke, we supply fully compliant nurses at short notice. Every candidate is DBS-checked, trained and revalidation-ready before they arrive.
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Hampshire nursing FAQs
What nursing shifts can I pick up in Hampshire?
Everything from acute hospital wards and theatres at sites like Southampton General and Queen Alexandra, to nursing and care homes across the New Forest and coast, community placements, and mental health units such as Antelope House and Parklands. You choose what suits you in the app.
How does pay work?
The confirmed rate shows on every shift before you accept it, so you always know what you will earn. We run payroll on a simple, on-time schedule so you are not left chasing payments after your shift.
Which areas of Hampshire do you cover?
Right across the county, from Portsmouth, Gosport and Havant on the coast to Winchester, Basingstoke, Andover, Aldershot and Farnborough inland, plus the New Forest and Lymington.
Do you place mental health and secure nurses?
Yes. Hampshire's mental health and secure work runs mainly through Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, including units like Melbury Lodge in Winchester and the forensic wards at Ravenswood House near Fareham. We are not contracted to those trusts, but they show the range of settings our nurses work in.
I'm an employer in Hampshire. Can you help?
Yes. We supply DBS-checked, trained and revalidation-ready nurses to hospitals, care homes and mental health services across Hampshire, often at short notice. Get in touch and we will help cover your shifts.
Ready to work across Hampshire?
Register with Novello today and start picking up nursing shifts across Hampshire, from Southampton to Basingstoke. It takes minutes to sign up, and the confirmed rate is always there before you accept.
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