Job summary
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:
o Flexible Work Arrangements: Access to booking portals for convenient self-scheduling, allowing you to manage your work hours according to your availability and preferences.
o Competitive Rates of Pay: Hourly rates with the added convenience of weekly payments, alongside paid annual leave entitlement rolled into your hourly rates.
o 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.
o 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.
About us
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.
Job description
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
Job description
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
Essential
- NMC Registered Adult Nurse
Desirable
- Post Registration Course related to high acuity care patient
Experience
Essential
- 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
Technical Skills Competencies
Essential
- 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
- 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
- Demonstrates the fundamentals of nursing care, knowledge, and practice skills.
- NMC code of conduct
Desirable
- Awareness of patient experience, quality and safety agenda's that support Governance Frameworks
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential
- 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
- Leadership and management skills
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Highly motivated
- Work under own initiative
- Flexible approach to the needs of the service
- Demonstrates compassion.
Language requirement
Essential
- Able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registered Adult Nurse
Desirable
- Post Registration Course related to high acuity care patient
Experience
Essential
- 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
Technical Skills Competencies
Essential
- 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
- 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
- Demonstrates the fundamentals of nursing care, knowledge, and practice skills.
- NMC code of conduct
Desirable
- Awareness of patient experience, quality and safety agenda's that support Governance Frameworks
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential
- 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
- Leadership and management skills
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Highly motivated
- Work under own initiative
- Flexible approach to the needs of the service
- Demonstrates compassion.
Language requirement
Essential
- Able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
