Trust wide Newly Qualified Band 5 Staff Nurse

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust; Poole; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Poole is seeking a Band 5 Staff Nurse. The successful candidate will need a valid UK NMC registration and demonstrate core nursing skills. Flexibility to work across both sites, including weekends and bank holidays, is essential. This role offers opportunities to support service development while working in a dynamic healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• NMC Registered Nurse or due to qualify as a student Nurse/RNDA between January and March 2026.
• Valid UK NMC registration required.

Responsibilities

• Support service needs across both sites.
• Work weekends and some bank holidays.
• Participate in service development and transformation.

Skills

Fundamental nursing knowledge

Practice skills

Flexibility to work weekends

Education

Advanced Diploma/Degree in Adult Health Nursing

Job description

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.

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

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

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sue Davies Job title: Head of Nursing and Professions, SCG Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07912 877755

Cathy Cocorachio, Senior Matron Trauma and Orthopaedics [e-mail]