Staff Nurse - Surgical Admissions Lounge

Job overview

Are you motivated and passionate about making a difference to patient care?

Would you like to be part of a close knit, friendly, professional team and are looking for a rewarding change in direction with an effective work life balance?

Surgical Admissions Lounge is a nurse led department and we strive for excellence and are passionate about the quality of care we deliver to our patients. Due to the gradual restart of services and the ongoing transformation of the department and the elective admissions process, we are looking to recruit a Band 5 nurse to join our team.

You will work as part of the nursing team, ensuring our patients are prepared safely for theatre and receive high standards of care from the very start of their hospital journey. Your main role will be preparing a caseload of patients for surgery, without direct supervision and managing the department in the absence of senior staff.

We look forward to your application.

Main duties of the job

You will:

• Work proactively to ensure that Theatre utilisation is optimised
• Maintain and develop our existing processes
• Promote and deliver a high quality, patient focused service
• Carry out regular auditing to ensure high levels of care are maintained.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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 [email protected] 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.