University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Staff Nurse to assist in the service delivery of the Discharge Lounge.
The Discharge Lounge operates Monday-Friday 8am-8pm based at both Bournemouth and Poole sites. Our aim is to provide a comfortable and safe environment for our patients transferring from hospital to home and to support timely flow and bed availability in UHD.
Applicants will be expected to be flexible to a developing service, have an innovative approach to meet the needs of the patients and service. Applicants should meet the essential requirements and recent experience working as a Staff Nurse and experience in discharge planning would be desirable.
This role requires an active UK NMC Registration
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth and Poole Hospital
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.
Job 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
* NMC registered Nurse
* Educated to degree level or relevant experience/qualifications.
* Post graduate studies or a desire/willingness to attend
Experience
* Minimum of 12 months at pay band 5 within the relevant speciality
* Good communication skills and able to work independently and on own initiative.
* Previous NHS experience
* Developing policies and protocols
Technical Skills Competencies
* Computer literacy with a wide range of software, databases, and spreadsheets.
* Experience of administration of medicines.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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