Staff Nurse - SAU

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen to join our Surgical Assessment Unit (SAU) and Ambulatory Emergency Care for Surgery at Poole Hospital.

We are seeking a band 5 Staff Nurse to join our friendly, highly motivated team.

The Surgical Admissions Unitis a 15-bedded fast paced unit in which patients present with a wide variety of emergency surgical conditions, giving rise to a diverse range of development and learning opportunities. The unitalso includes anAmbulatory Care for Surgery pathway, which is led by two Advanced Nurse Practitioners.

Patients are referred under the care of General Surgical, Maxillofacial or Gynaecological specialities, as well as from GP surgeries, other hospitals, our outpatient clinics and our emergency department

Patients receive rapid nurse-led assessment and are stabilised before individual management plans are prepared and delivered to ensure each patient receives the specialist surgical care they need. Patients can be either treated and discharged from SAU or admitted to one of our inpatient wards

The unit offers excellent opportunities for developing experience and knowledge within the acute surgical environment and there are plenty of opportunities to use clinical judgement and improve nursing skills, including admitting, assessing and treating acutely unwell patients

Post-holders will be expected to work a variety of shift patterns including night duty

This role requires an active UK NMC Registration

Base Location: Poole Hospital

Interview date: TBC

Main duties of the job

Applicants must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and have the ability to treat all patients, relatives and other members of staff with compassion, dignity and respect.

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

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 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.

There is a planned move for this service anticipated during December 2025, when this role and base of work will relocate to Bournemouth site.

Upon relocation of the role/service, excess mileage allowance / reimbursement will not apply, and any travel between the postholder's home and work base will be classified as a commute. Any other changes unrelated to this, will be handled in line with Trust/National terms and conditions.