Ward Staff Nurse - Day Surgery Unit

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Dorchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading hospital as a Ward Staff Nurse in the Day Surgery Unit, where you will provide care for a variety of surgical procedures. This role balances work-life considerations with a structured schedule and opportunities for professional development in a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse qualification required.
• Experience in a similar nursing role preferred.
• Enthusiastic and motivated approach is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide acute patient care in the Day Surgery Unit.
• Support elective and emergency procedures.
• Deliver post-operative care for day-case pathways.

Job description

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The Day Surgery Unit is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated ward based Band 5 Staff Nurse.

Working in Day Surgery will help you maintain a good work life balance, enjoy the structure of elective procedures along with day case trauma and emergency procedures and the support to develop personally and professionally.

We are an innovative and busy Day Surgery Unit being part of the Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The unit consists of two theatres in Dorset County Hospital, the Eye Day Case unit (also based in Dorset County Hospital) as well as a satellite unit at Weymouth Community Hospital.

The unit provides for a variety of procedures and strives to provide exceptional levels of patient care in order to meet the expanding needs of the local community. Rotation will be required to work across all sites. You may also be required to support in other theatre areas as required.

Our patient feedback is consistently outstanding which makes us a team you will want to be part of. We currently cater for patients undergoing ENT. General/Breast Surgery, Gynaecology, Colorectal surgery, Orthopaedic surgery, Urology, Maxillo- Facial surgery and Special Dentistry in the Day Surgery theatres. We also provide post-operative care to patients that are on the day case pathway having received Ophthalmic surgery, ENT surgery, orthopaedic/trauma surgery, Gynae surgery, General surgery and procedures performed in Interventional Radiology (IR).

We currently provide a service from Monday to Friday, 7am until 8pm.

If you are not sure what we do or if the Day Surgery Unit is for you, please call us to arrange a visit we would love the opportunity to show you around, meet the team and see the great work we do.

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 work in partnership to provide high quality, compassionate services and to nurture an environment where people can be at their best. Our vision is healthier lives, empowered citizens, thriving 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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lisa Ismaili Job title: Day Surgery Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01305 253301

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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