# Staff Nurse - Emergency Department

> 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
- **Town:** Poole
- **Region:** South West
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children)
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 pa/pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (Full Time and Part Time Hours Available)
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-30T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-23T16:13:29.660Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Dorset/Dorset/University_Hospitals_Dorset_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Emergency_Department/Emergency_Department-v8139120
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8139120?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.uhd.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The future of Emergency Care in Dorset remains exciting, with a major new Emergency site being created in Bournemouth for 2025, which will see it being one of the biggest Emergency Departments on the South Coast.  The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, be at the forefront of this development with our staff being the cornerstone of the new nursing team in the future.

Combined, the Poole and Royal Bournemouth Emergency Departments see over 400 patients per day, each encompassing all major specialties and Poole was ranked in the top 6 of all Emergency Departments nationally for the standard of care that we deliver. Both sites also run an urgent treatment centre in collaboration with the local primary care service and manage minor injuries from across the conurbation.

This role requires: Diploma in Adult Nursing or Children’s Nursing/Degree in Nursing or related subject and an active UK NMC registration

Base Location: Royal Bournemouth and Poole Hospital

Interview Date:  6th August 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

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

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Evidence of continuing professional development

**Desirable**

- Previous Acute hospital experience

### Qualification

**Essential**

- Diploma in Adult Nursing or Children’s Nursing

**Desirable**

- Degree in Nursing or related subject

### Personal Attributes

**Essential**

- A team player
- Sympathetic and considerate towards patients, carers and relatives
- Compassionate - Open minded, treats colleagues, patients, carers and relatives with dignity and respect

**Desirable**

- Flexible in their attitudes and behaviours to support team working and delivery of objectives;

### Technical Skills Competencies

**Essential**

- Willingness to work within a multi-disciplinary team

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 920.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10437556)
- [person specification (pdf, 262.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10437557)

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