Staff Nurse – Ward A5

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Full time
Main area Acute Medicine Grade Band 5

Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (Secondment Cover)

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref: 153-ME04078

Department name: UHD - General Recruitment Site Poole Hospital

Town: Poole

Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 pa

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 23/01/2025 23:59

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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. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train.

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.

At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.

As a Trust, we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.

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)

Interview date: TBC

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. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

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.

There is a planned move for this service during Winter 2025, when this role and base of work will relocate to Bournemouth site. Upon relocation of the role/service, excess mileage allowance / reimbursement will not apply, and any travel between the post holder’s home and work base will be classified as a commute.

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.

Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.

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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