Main area: Bank Staff Nurse Grade Band 5
Contract: Bank
Hours: Flexible working - Flexible/As-And-When-Required
Job ref: 153-TBS00080
Department name: UHD - Temporary Staffing
Site: University Hospitals Dorset - All Sites
Town: Dorset
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 pa/pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 11/02/2025 23:59
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 is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
At UHD, our active staff network groups include 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
At University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust (UHD), we're committed to delivering exceptional patient care through our patient first approach. Our bank nurses play a vital role in this pursuit, and we're seeking talented individuals eager to embrace the variety and challenges offered by bank work.
Benefits of joining the UHD Bank include:
* Flexible Work Arrangements: Access to booking portals for convenient self-scheduling, allowing you to manage your work hours according to your availability and preferences.
* Competitive Rates of Pay: Hourly rates with the added convenience of weekly payments, alongside paid annual leave entitlement rolled into your hourly rates.
* Diverse Clinical Exposure: Explore a wide array of clinical environments and specialities, providing invaluable learning opportunities and professional growth across all of our hospital settings.
* Flexible Childcare Options: Benefit from flexible childcare settings with access to Tops Nurseries, supporting you in balancing your professional and personal commitments seamlessly.
Main duties of the job
As a valued member of our bank nursing team, you'll provide essential nursing care across a variety of clinical settings at UHD.
You will deliver high-quality nursing skills and knowledge within your scope of practice, directly supporting various wards and departments within UHD. Flexibility is key, as you will be expected to work across the Trust, adapting to different clinical environments and patient needs.
You will exercise sound clinical judgment and contribute to comprehensive patient care, upholding Trust values in all your interactions.
In return, you will enjoy the flexibility in choosing your shifts, rates of pay that include annual leave rolled into your hourly rate, unsocial enhancements (where applicable), and the opportunity to broaden your clinical experience across a variety of settings.
Please note: This advert may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future.
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
* NMC Registered Adult Nurse
* Post Registration Course related to high acuity care patient
Experience
* Minimum six months experience within the last twenty-four-month period, as a Registered Nurse within a UK acute hospital setting.
* Experience of caring for patients with acute and long-term conditions.
* End of life care.
* Basic IT Skill.
* Obtaining and analysing clinical data to recognise the deteriorating patient.
* Medication and prescription management Non-IV and IV medication, blood products & nutrition regime.
* Calculation of drug doses for infusions requiring frequent concentration.
* Utilisation of electronic documentation and reporting systems.
* Specific Skills for Elderly Care e.g. dementia care/learning disabilities.
Knowledge
* Demonstrates the fundamentals of nursing care, knowledge, and practice skills.
* NMC code of conduct.
* Awareness of patient experience, quality, and safety agendas that support Governance Frameworks.
Other requirements specific to the role
* Works flexibly to meet the needs of the service.
* Aware of own limitations.
* To work in all areas of the Trust when required.
* Copes with challenging, sometimes conflicting, demands.
* Adhere to appearance policy.
* Leadership and management skills.
Personal Attributes
* Highly motivated.
* Work under own initiative.
* Flexible approach to the needs of the service.
* Demonstrates compassion.
Language requirement
* Able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role.
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. While 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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