Newly Qualified Dual Registered Nurse - Adult & Mental Health

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Dorchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking passionate final year Nursing Students ready to embark on their careers in a nurturing environment. This exciting opportunity in the Emergency Department offers a comprehensive preceptorship programme, leadership development, and access to ongoing professional development. With a commitment to teamwork, integrity, respect, and excellence, you will join a supportive team dedicated to delivering compassionate care. Enjoy a rewarding career in one of the UK's most beautiful regions, complete with generous benefits including 27 days of holiday, NHS Pension Scheme, and employee health support.

Benefits

27 days holiday (rising to 33 days)

NHS Pension Scheme

Retail and travel discounts

Relocation assistance

Subsidised restaurant

Employee health and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Final year Nursing Student with dual registration in Adult and Mental Health Nursing.
• Passion for providing the best patient care and commitment to trust values.

Responsibilities

• Provide outstanding care for patients in a supportive team environment.
• Participate in a first-class preceptorship programme to enhance skills.

Skills

Patient Care

Teamwork

Integrity

Respect

Excellence

Education

NMC Registration in Adult Nursing

NMC Registration in Mental Health Nursing

Job description

Are you a final year Nursing Student due to qualify with dual registration in Adult and Mental Health Nursing? Are you looking to start your newly registered career in a Trust that will nurture and support you? Brilliant, Dorset County Hospital sounds like the perfect place for you.

We can offer you an incredible and exciting place to build your career, in our Emergency Department. We will provide you with a first class preceptorship programme that now includes leadership development, and you will have access to a committed, supportive team of practice educators, as well as opportunities for ongoing CPD to realise your full potential.

This post is only for those qualifying around September 2025 with dual NMC registration in Adult and Mental Health Nursing.

To succeed with us, you’ll need to have a true passion for providing the best patient care, and hold our trust values of Teamwork, Integrity, Respect and Excellence.

On top of being part of our incredible team, you’ll enjoy an enviable quality of life in one of the most beautiful parts of Britain plus a comprehensive range of benefits including 27 days’ holiday (rising to 33 days), the NHS Pension Scheme, wide-ranging retail and travel discounts, relocation assistance, a subsidised restaurant, employee health and wellbeing support, and more.

Please note, this vacancy is for individuals about to qualify as healthcare professionals (Nurse) on UK based NMC approved programme. If you are an internationally trained nurse looking to obtain NMC registration, please email [e-mail] rather than apply and we will be in touch in due course.

At DCHFT, we pride ourselves on the care we provide for our patients, and on the culture, we are creating for our staff. We work hard to create a fair, inclusive environment for our staff

Our Mission is to provide outstanding care for people in ways which matter to them, and our vision is Dorset County Hospital, working with our health and social care partners, will be at the heart of improving the well-being of our communities.

We are a Trust that celebrates diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from people in all under-represented groups.

With a vision of delivering compassionate and safe healthcare, Dorset County Hospital is the main provider of acute hospital services to a population of around 250,000 across Weymouth and Portland, West and North Dorset and Purbeck.

In addition, we provide renal services for 850,000 people throughout Dorset and South Somerset and employ over 3000 people across the county.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emma Vaughan Job title: Recruitment Team Leader Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01305 254655