# Staff Nurse - SAU > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-sau/14bca373-3b6c-4ecf-a398-8ab8469c5ed8 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-sau/14bca373-3b6c-4ecf-a398-8ab8469c5ed8.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Poole Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Staff nurse - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 pa/pro rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 9 months (Maternity Leave) - **Employment type:** Part time - 23 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-19T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-09T08:51:24.492Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Dorset/Poole/University_Hospitals_Dorset_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Surgery/Surgery-v8325358 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhd.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An opportunity has arisen to join our Surgical Assessment Unit (SAU) We are seeking a band 5 Staff Nurse to join our friendly, highly motivated team. The Surgical Admissions Unit is a 15-bedded fast paced unit in which patients present with a wide variety of emergency surgical conditions, giving rise to a diverse range of development and learning opportunities. The unit also includes an Ambulatory Care for Surgery pathway, which is led by two Advanced Nurse Practitioners. Patients are referred under the care of General Surgical, Maxillofacial or Gynaecological specialities, as well as from GP surgeries, other hospitals, our outpatient clinics and our emergency department Patients receive rapid nurse-led assessment and are stabilised before individual management plans are prepared and delivered to ensure each patient receives the specialist surgical care they need. Patients can be either treated and discharged from SAU or admitted to one of our inpatient wards The unit offers excellent opportunities for developing experience and knowledge within the acute surgical environment and there are plenty of opportunities to use clinical judgement and improve nursing skills, including admitting, assessing and treating acutely unwell patients Post-holders will be expected to work a variety of shift patterns including night duty This role requires an active UK NMC Registration Base Location: Poole Hospital Interview date: 3rd November ### Main duties of the job Applicants must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and have the ability to treat all patients, relatives and other members of staff with compassion, dignity and respect. 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 ### Knowledge **Essential** - Ability to demonstrate fundamental nursing knowledge and practice skills - NMC standards and limitations of professional practice ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of caring for patients with acute and long term conditions - Experience of delegating workload, motivating a team and monitoring patient progress ### Qualifications **Essential** - NMC Registered Nurse ## Documents - [person spec (pdf, 107.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10647497) - [job description (pdf, 336.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10647496) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references.