# Staff Nurse - Arne Ward

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Poole Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Staff nurse
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent: Fully Flexible
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-22T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-20T11:40:34.606Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Dorset/Poole/University_Hospitals_Dorset_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Acute_Medicine/Acute_Medicine-v8380420
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8380420?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.uhd.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our friendly, dedicated, and hardworking team on Arne Ward at University Hospitals Dorset. We are an Acute Medical Ward with a specialist focus on respiratory medicine.

Our mission on Arne Ward is to create a supportive, progressive, and encouraging working environment, where our shared priority is to continually enhance the delivery of safe, compassionate, and high‑quality patient care.

As part of University Hospitals Dorset, we can offer you excellent opportunities for career development, enabling you to build and refine your acute nursing skills while working closely with our experienced multi‑disciplinary team.

This role required NMC Registration

Base Location: Poole Hospital (Please Note Inpatient Respiratory Services will be moving to the Bournemouth site in 2026)

Interview Date: 2nd November 2026

### Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of working/placement in a healthcare setting

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Registration on Part 1,2 or 12 of NMC Register (RGN/EN/RN Adult) or equivalent.

### Technical Skills/Competencies

**Essential**

- Ability to work as part of a team and project a positive image.
- Ability to work in a demanding environment and adapt to change in working practices
- Willingness and ability to take on responsibility for patient care.

## Documents

- [jd (pdf, 328.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10709195)
- [dbs - faqs (pdf, 102.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2417)
- [person specification (pdf, 128.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10709196)

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