Staff Nurse - Older Person's Assessment Unit

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Staff Nurse - Older Person's Assessment Unit

The closing date is 11 March 2026

We have an exciting opportunity for a Staff Nurse to join our Older Persons Assessment Unit based at Royal Bournemouth Hospital.

The Older Persons Assessment Unit is newly refurbished and customised to facilitate 24/7 admissions for our aging community. With capacity for 50 bed spaces, the unit is always bustling and no two days are the same. We are looking for dynamic and passionate nurses to join our developing team to lead and empower one another in providing quality care to our complex elderly community.

Our aim is to provide all our patients with a comprehensive geriatric assessment upon admission. This approach means our patients receive the right care at the right time. In achieving this we work very closely as a multidisciplinary team.

What can we offer you?

• Excellent team spirit, engaging in outside social activities
• Positive culture where everyone's voice is heard
• Friendly and approachable staff
• Work life balance

For a more detailed overview of the role and person specification please see the supporting documents.

This role requires a current NMC registration.

Please note we are unable to offer sponsorship for this position due to the length of the contract.

Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital

Interview Date: 20th March 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.

About us

UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.

If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not berimebursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.

UHD has active networks including Women's, DEN, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes.

AI tools may be used, but applications must honestly reflect your own skills and experience. Integrity is key to our recruitment process

For UHD employees, this fixed-term post will be offered as a secondment in line with the Trust's Secondment Policy. Please speak with your line manager before applying.

Please note we are unable to offer sponsorship for this position due to the length of the contract.

Job 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 Qualifications

• NMC Registered Nurse
• Advanced Diploma/Degree in Adult Health Nursing Studies
• Teaching Qualification
• Post registration courses related to Older Persons Medicine

Interpersonal Skills

• Effective communication in all forms. Written, oral, computerised
• Ability to communicate sensitive and complex information to patients and carers.
• Ability to work unsupervised and on own initiative
• Adaptive to unpredictable work loads
• Able to integrate and work within the MDT
• Organisation and planning skills
• Leadership and management skills.

Knowledge

• Ability to demonstrate fundamental nursing knowledge and practice in the care of the older person
• Demonstrate understanding of own role and professional expectations and accountability in practice in line with NMC Code
• Sound knowledge of discharge process
• Knowledge of the conditions relevant to speciality
• Awareness of role in relation to patient experience, quality and safety agendas that support Governance Frameworks
• Basic IT skills
• Demonstrable ability with vital signs monitoring equipment and ability to recognise the deteriorating patient
• Non IV and IV medication administration including administration of blood products
• Calculation of drug doses for infusions requiring frequent concentration.
• ECG recording
• Venepuncture and Cannulation
• Awareness of audit
• Specific Skills for ECD e.g. Care of Dementia Patients

Experience

• Demonstrable clinical experience
• Experience of caring for patients with acute and long term conditions
• End of Life Care

Personal Attributes

• Highly motivated
• Flexible approach to the needs of the service
• Ability to demonstrate compassion
• Ability to recognise stress in self and manages it appropriately
• Ability to recognise stress in others

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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