Job summary
- Main area
- Bank Staff Nurse
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working - Flexible/As-And-When-Required
- Job ref
- 153-TBS00131
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospitals Dorset - All Sites
- Town
- Dorset
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Bank Staff Nurse
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.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support the preparation of their application. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of your own experience and suitability. Personal integrity is an important part of the recruitment process.
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.
You can see more benefits of working at our hospitals by the sea here:
https://www.uhd.nhs.uk/careers/staff-benefits
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. This includes embracing redeployment opportunities to support other areas based on clinical need, always ensuring a patient-first approach.
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 includes 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. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD is investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following a merger and the New Hospital Programme.
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 Adult Nurse
Desirable criteria
- Post Registration Course related to high acuity care patient
Experience
Essential criteria
- 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
Desirable criteria
- End of life care
Technical Skills Competencies
Essential criteria
- 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.
Desirable criteria
- Specific Skills for Elderly Care e.g. dementia care/learning disabilities.
- ECG recording, EPMA, Male catheterisation, Ecamis, EPR. ICE, Male catheterisation, Agile, Able to retrieve relevant investigation results
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates the fundamentals of nursing care, knowledge, and practice skills.
- NMC code of conduct
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of patient experience, quality and safety agenda’s that support Governance Frameworks
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential criteria
- 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.
Desirable criteria
- Leadership and management skills
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Highly motivated
- Work under own initiative
- Flexible approach to the needs of the service
- Demonstrates compassion.
Language requirement
Essential criteria
- Able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role
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
- Suzanne Young
- Job title
- Pre-operative Assessment and Theatres Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 019 3497
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