Staff Nurse - SAU

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust; Poole; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust in Poole is seeking a Band 5 Staff Nurse to join our Surgical Assessment Unit (SAU).

You will deliver rapid nurse-led assessment and care plans for patients with emergency surgical conditions, with opportunities to develop clinical judgement and nursing skills in a fast-paced environment.

Roles include night duty on a shift pattern, with a commitment to compassionate, patient-centred care and teamwork within SAU and across the Trust.

Qualifications

• Active UK NMC Registration is required.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to treat patients, relatives and staff with compassion, dignity and respect.

Responsibilities

• Provide rapid nurse-led assessment and initial management for emergency surgical patients.
• Maintain and deliver individual management plans.
• Admit, assess and treat acutely unwell patients as part of SAU care.
• Work a variety of shift patterns including night duty.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Compassionate care

Teamworking

Job description

An opportunity has arisen to join our Surgical Assessment Unit (SAU)

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

The Surgical Admissions Unit is 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 unit also includes an Ambulatory 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: 3rd November

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.

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Andre Araujo Job title: Charge Nurse Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0300 019 3374