Grade Band: 5
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (Secondment Cover)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 153-ME04078
Employer: University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Poole Hospital
Town: Poole
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 pa
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 23/01/2025 23:59
Staff Nurse - Ward A5 Band 5 As
University Hospitals Dorset , we are a three-site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches, you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
Job overview We have an opportunity for you to become part of our friendly, dedicated and hardworking team on A5 Ward. Our mission is to support a friendly, progressive, and encouraging working environment, where the focus of effort is to continually enhance patient care delivery.
You will be required to be fully flexible; this role will require 7-day working and consists of a combination of Day and Night shifts.
We can offer you excellent career development opportunities to hone your acute nursing skills, working very closely with our multi-disciplinary team.
This role requires an active UK NMC registration.
Base Location: Poole Hospital (until relocation to RBH Site potentially end of 2025)
Main duties of the job To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Working for our organisation Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person specification
Basic IT skills
Non-IV and IV administration of medication
Demonstrated ability with vital signs monitoring equipment and adaptability to recognise the deteriorating patient
Experience
Evidence of continuing professional development
Previous acute hospital/emergency care experience
Qualifications
NMC Registered Nurse
Please note:
Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.
This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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