Job summary
- Main area
- Older Persons Services
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Secondment: 12 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 153-ME04583
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- RBH
- Town
- Bournemouth
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 pa/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Deputy Clinical Lead OPAU - Secondment
Band 6
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
An exciting opportunity for a Band 6 post within the front door admissions unit for the Older Persons Services!
Do you take enormous pride in delivering safe, compassionate care, resulting in a high quality patient experience?
Do you have a passion to provide and promote high standards of care delivery?
Do you want to make a difference to Patient care?
If yes, we would like you to join our friendly, committed and dynamic team on OPAU.
Successful applicants will be required to support the co-ordination of this busy, 50 bedded admissions unit, while providing leadership to the junior work force in union with the band 7 leadership team.
Our aim is for the Older Persons Services to be a centre of excellence and current initiatives include working towards our dignity pledge, Compassionate Care projects and developing our newly established frailty pathway. There is on-going investment to ensure our staff have the right skills, values and expertise to provide high quality specialist care for older people.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, happy and professional individual who takes pride in their work and is committed to the team's vision. We are looking for an individual with strong leadership qualities and for an individual who is passionate about strengthening an existing team.
What can we offer you?
Excellent team spirit, engaging in outside social activities
Main duties of the job
This role requires an active UK NMC registration
Base Location: RBH
Interview Date: TBC
The successful applicant will drive to continually improve patient safety, clinical effectiveness and patient experience through implementation of the Trust’s quality strategy.
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
If you have any further questions please contact [email protected]
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.
Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or 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
Desirable criteria
- 1st Level Degree
Technical Skills Competencies
Essential criteria
- Planning and prioritisation skills
- Ability to motivate and develop team
- Computer Literacy
- Discharge planning competencies
- Problem solving skills
Desirable criteria
- Male catherisation
- Venepuncture and cannulation
Experience
Essential criteria
- Mentorship
- Medicine for the Elderly experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- OPAU Sisters
- Job title
- Clinical Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 019 6850
- Additional information
Clinical Leads -
Emma Hardy - 0300 019 4083
Hayley Mackrell- Bailey - 0300 019 4083
Timothy James - 0300 019 4083
Sophie Gogan
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