Staff Nurse - Hospital at Home Service | University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,049 - £37,796 pa/pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 January 2026 |
| Location: | Christchurch, BH23 2JX |
| Company: | Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7540417/153-ME05346 |
Summary
Hospital at Home are looking for a staff nurse who is interested in the post for a the OPS hospital at home service. We are looking for a qualified nurse who is motivated and enthusiastic to join our developing service and multi-disciplinary team, with a passion for acute community care.
Hospital at Home is a service alongside virtual wards specialities within Older Persons Services. Our aim is to provide excellent person-centred holistic care to our service users and their families.
The role will include assessments and implementation of plans of care to patients whom conditions and treatment can be met within their own home or within the community settings safety to prevent them from remaining within the acute hospital settings when deemed appropriate.
Use of a car for transportation is essential.
This post offers the successful candidate incredible opportunity for career development as the service develops, as well as making an impressive impact on the unique service we provide.
Flexible working can be discussed during the interview
Within our diverse directorate we are also offering both fixed and secondment opportunities for further development opportunities.
This role requires a current NMC registration
Based at: Christchurch, although traveling is required on a daily basis throughout the BCP locality
Interview date: 5th January 2026
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.
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 postholder'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 conditions.
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
This advert closes on Thursday 18 Dec 2025
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