Band 6 Day Nurse - Christchurch

Band 6 Day Nurse - Christchurch

The closing date is 24 November 2025

Are you a passionate and proactive Band 6 nurse looking for an opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of older people? Do you thrive in a dynamic multidisciplinary environment and enjoy working both in a hospital setting and in a patient’s own home? If so we want to hear from you!

The Day Hospital is an award winning service that uses an extended scope of practise framework for holistic healthcare management. The service specialises in management of falls, stroke rehabilitation and Parkinson’s disease as well as health prevention strategies and treats a wide range of multi‑pathologies affecting the older person. We aim to support individuals to maintain independence and manage their long‑term health conditions effectively, reducing hospital admissions and helping to facilitate early supported discharge of patients from hospital with our outreach service, ambulatory care team and collaboration with the acute older persons Hospital at Home service.

Main duties of the job

This service offers a range of interventions in both an outpatient setting and within the patient’s home environment. As a Band 6 nurse you will play a vital role in the delivery of high‑quality patient‑centred care to older people with a variety of complex health and social care needs. You will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team. This role offers opportunity to develop skills in holistic assessment, care planning and the delivery of a range of treatments and interventions across different settings across Christchurch and Poole Hospitals and within the community.

A full driver’s licence and access to a car for work purposes is essential for the role.

This role requires an active UK NMC registration

Base Location : XCH DH

Interview Date : 2 / 12 / 2025

The successful applicant will drive to continually improve patient safety, clinical effectiveness and patient experience through implementation of the Trust’s quality strategy.

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

If you have any further questions please contact

About us

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues. UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.

Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder’s home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.

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

• Nursing Degree or equivalent qualification
• Evidence of CPD
• Post Graduate Education
• Ability to assess, manage & treat patients with complex multi pathologies at highly specialist level
• Skills in goal setting & using outcome measures
• Knowledge and skills in discharge planning and onward referral
• Skills in holistic assessment
• Ability to produce clear written documentation of intervention & reports
• Venepuncture and cannulation
• ECG
• IV Medication
• Therapeutic moving & handling skills
• Ability to prioritise clinical workload
• Male catherisation
• CVAD training
• Ability to teach & supervise Junior staff & assistant

Experience

Knowledge

Other Requirements specific to role

Persoanl Attributes

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.

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

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