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Job summary

Main area
Gastroenterology
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Full Flexibility Required)
Job ref
153-ME04413
Employer
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Poole Hospital
Town
Poole
Salary
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Closing
17/04/2025 23:59

Employer heading

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust logo

Staff Nurse - Avonbourne

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. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.

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. 

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
 
Based Location: Poole Hospital until 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 anticipated 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 postholder’s home and work base will be classified as a commute. Any other changes unrelated to this, will be handled in line with Trust/National terms and conditions.  

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

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NMC Registered Nurse

Experience

Desirable criteria
  • Post registration experience
  • Previous acute hospital/ emergency care experience

Technical Skills Competencies

Essential criteria
  • Basic It skills
  • Demonstrated ability with vital signs monitoring equipment and adaptability to recognise the deteriorating patient
  • Non-IV and IV administration of medication
Desirable criteria
  • Venepuncture and cannulation
  • ECG recording
  • Catheterisation
  • End of life care

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Disability Confident - two yearsUHD ValuesApprenticeships logoArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into health

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Pinki Sharma
Job title
Interim ward sister
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0300 019 3126
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