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Staff Nurse - Acute Hospital at Home | Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Job details
Posting date: 29 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £28,407 - £34,581 Per Annum
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 29 May 2024
Location: Dorchester, DT1 2JY
Company: Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6228011/405-24-NM219AHAH

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Summary

Urgent & Unscheduled Care Division
Acute Hospital at Home Service - DCHFT
Registered Nurse Band 5

An opportunity has arisen to work in an exciting integrated model for the delivery of patient care in Dorset County Hospital’s Acute Hospital at Home service. This service proactively manages and monitors a defined caseload of patients who have complex care needs in the short term, on a multi-disciplinary basis in their own home.

As a trust we are support a number of overseas applicants into UK based roles.

If you are currently in the NMC UK registration process, and have completed your ILETS and CBT please contact our recruitment team (recruitment.dchft.nhs.uk) rather than completing an application.

Unfortunately if you are in the very early stages of your application we are unable to recruit you at this time, but if you are happy share details with our recruitment partner please email recruitment@dchft.nhs.uk

Patients are offered continuity of care by following them from hospital into the community and the post provides the opportunity to work more closely with community and primary care colleagues in a seamless service.

This is a service with the patient’s needs at its heart and aims to support admission avoidance and early discharge. The focus of the service is to support the acutely medically ill in their own homes by using inpatient level treatments, diagnostics and skills.

We are looking for dynamic experienced generic Registered Nurses to work in our multi-disciplinary team, ensuring a patient focused and individualised approach. Ideally you will have acute hospital experience as well as experience of effective multi-disciplinary team working in its widest sense. Car Driver Essential.

Typical daily tasks will involve:
• visiting patients at home
• giving intravenous medication
• holistic assessments
• complex wound management
• patient and family education (i.e with peg feed

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.

Our DCHFT Job Description and Person Specification (attached) tells you all about this role, what to expect and what is needed to succeed. When completing your application please make sure to tell us how your experience and skills fit the person specification.

Please contact us at Recruitment@dchft.nhs.uk if you are unable to view or download the attachment.

For all our roles, we are looking for staff who hold our Trust Values of Integrity, Respect Teamwork and Excellence, and who are passionate about providing the best patient care. To read more about our Trust and our Values search Dorset County Hospital online.


This advert closes on Sunday 5 May 2024

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