Trust wide Newly Qualified Band 5 Staff Nurse

NHS; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Newly Qualified Band 5 Staff Nurse to join their team. Applicants should be NMC Registered Nurses with an Advanced Diploma or Degree in Adult Health Nursing. This role involves flexibility to work across multiple sites, weekends, and bank holidays. The successful candidate will leverage their nursing knowledge and skills in a supportive healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to demonstrate fundamental nursing knowledge and practice skills.
• Demonstrate an understanding of deteriorating patient within the clinical setting.
• Able to work cross site.

Responsibilities

• Work across both sites to support service need.
• Be flexible to work weekends and bank holidays.
• Ensure valid UK NMC registration.

Skills

Effective communication

Ability to work under pressure

Organisation and planning skills

Education

NMC Registered Nurse

Advanced Diploma/Degree in Adult Health Nursing

Job description

Trust wide Newly Qualified Band 5 Staff Nurse

The closing date is 21 November 2025

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Trust as a Band 5 Staff Nurse.

If you have recently qualified or are due to qualify as a student Nurse or RNDA between January and March 2026 then we would welcome an application from you.

The successful applicants will be an NMC Registered Nurse, with an Advanced Diploma/Degree in Adult Health Nursing studies, and have an ability to demonstrate fundamental nursing knowledge and practice skills.

Main duties of the job

The applicant will need to be fully flexible to work across both sites to support service need. They will be required to work weekends and some bank holidays. There will be opportunities cross UHD.

This role will require a Valid UK NMC registration.

Base Location: UHD

Interview Date: 29th November 2025

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.

Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the post holder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and condition.

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

Knowledge

• Ability to demonstrate fundamental nursing knowledge and practice skills.

Qualifications

• NMC Registered Nurse – student nurses & RNDA's due to qualify in Jan to Mar 2026.
• Advanced Diploma/Degree in Adult Health Nursing studies.
• Demonstrate an understanding of deteriorating patient within the clinical setting.

Other requirements specific to the role

• Ability to travel within the geographical areas as required by the service/requirements of the post.
• Able to work cross site.
• Ability to work under pressure and with frequent interruptions.

Personal Attributes

• Effective communication using a variety of methods.
• Ability to communicate sensitive and complex information to patients, carers, and significant others.
• Organisation and planning skills.

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.

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust