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Main area
Older Persons Medicine
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
Full and Part Time Hours available
Job ref
153-ME02980-A
Employer
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Town
Bournemouth
Salary
£28,407 - £34,581 pa/pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
21/05/2024 23:59

Employer heading

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust logo

Staff Nurse - Older Person's Assessment Unit

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.

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Staff Nurse to join our Older Persons Assessment Unit based at Royal Bournemouth Hospital.

The Older Persons Assessment Unit is newly refurbished and customised to facilitate 24/7 admissions for our aging community. With capacity for 50 bed spaces, the unit is always bustling and no two days are the same.  We are looking for dynamic and passionate nurses to join our developing team to lead and empower one another in providing quality care to our complex elderly community.

Our aim is to provide all our patients with a comprehensive geriatric assessment upon admission. This approach means our patients receive the right care at the right time. In achieving this we work very closely as a multidisciplinary team.

What can we offer you?

  • Excellent team spirit, engaging in outside social activities
  • Positive culture where everyone's voice is heard
  • Practice Educator within the Directorate
  • Development opportunities
  • Friendly and approachable staff
  • Flexible working
  • Work life balance

For a more detailed overview of the role and person specification please see the supporting documents.

This role requires a current NMC registration .

Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital 

Interview Date: TBC

Main duties of the job

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

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. 

In some cases this means that 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 at interview.  

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
  • Advanced Diploma/Degree in Adult Health Nursing Studies
Desirable criteria
  • Teaching Qualification
  • Post registration courses related to Older Persons Medicine

Interpersonal Skills

Essential criteria
  • Effective communication in all forms. Written, oral, computerised
  • Ability to communicate sensitive and complex information to patients and carers.
  • Ability to work unsupervised and on own initiative
  • Adaptive to unpredictable work loads
  • Able to integrate and work within the MDT
  • Organisation and planning skills
  • Prioritisation skills
  • Time management skill
Desirable criteria
  • Leadership and management skills.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Ability to demonstrate fundamental nursing knowledge and practice in the care of the older person
  • Demonstrate understanding of own role and professional expectations and accountability in practice in line with NMC Code
  • Sound knowledge of discharge process
  • Knowledge of the conditions relevant to speciality
Desirable criteria
  • Awareness of role in relation to patient experience, quality and safety agendas that support Governance Frameworks

Technical Skills Competencies

Essential criteria
  • Basic IT skills
  • Demonstrable ability with vital signs monitoring equipment and ability to recognise the deteriorating patient
  • Non-IV and IV medication administration including administration of blood products
  • Calculation of drug doses for infusions requiring frequent concentration.
Desirable criteria
  • ECG recording
  • Venepuncture and Cannulation
  • Male Catheterisation
  • Awareness of audit
  • Specific Skills for ECD e.g. Care of Dementia Patients

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable clinical experience
  • Experience of caring for patients with acute and long term conditions
Desirable criteria
  • End of Life Care

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Highly motivated
  • Flexible approach to the needs of the service
  • Ability to demonstrate compassion
  • Ability to recognise stress in self and manages it appropriately
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to recognise stress in others

Employer certification / accreditation badges

UHD ValuesApprenticeships logoArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into health

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sophie Gogan
Job title
Sister
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0300 019 4083
Additional information

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