Registered Nurse - Dawlish Hospital

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 02 April 2025

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Staff Nurse to join our Multi professional Team at Dawlish Community Hospital.

We are looking for someone who is eager to provide high quality care, be the patient advocate, promote and participate in shared governance and support in being a unit that is working towards Pathway to Excellence, you must have good communication skills, be organised and able to delegate task to appropriately trained colleagues.

You will need to be able to work as part of the multidisciplinary team in ensuring the patients/relatives views are part of the discussion and acting as patient advocate and liaison with patient / family and the MDT. You will also be part of a rotational team supporting outpatient services within the local community at our Health and Well Being centre brining service closer to the community.

Main duties of the job

  • To provide a high standard of patient care assisting with the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of each patient.
  • To work as a member of the ward to provide a quality service based on need, to all users of the service.
  • To work as part of the multi-disciplinary Team.
  • Must be able to work without direct supervision.
  • Required to work internal rotation.

About us

Working as part of a team that respects individual points of view, welcomes suggestions for innovative working and values diversity.

To learn form patient and staff experience good or bad and to celebrate the positive and find ways of learning and changing from the negative sharing both with patients, relatives and colleagues.

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Date posted

19 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

388-7051323-NMC

Job locations

Dawlish Community Hospital

Barton Terrace

Dawlish

EX7 9DH


Job description

Job responsibilities

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

#caretojoinus

Job description

Job responsibilities

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

#caretojoinus

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • RGN
  • Previous acute care experience (This could be completed within your nurse training if newly qualified)
  • Previous Community working (This could be completed within your nurse training if newly qualified)

Desirable

  • End of life training course
  • Dementia awareness training
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • RGN
  • Previous acute care experience (This could be completed within your nurse training if newly qualified)
  • Previous Community working (This could be completed within your nurse training if newly qualified)

Desirable

  • End of life training course
  • Dementia awareness training

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Dawlish Community Hospital

Barton Terrace

Dawlish

EX7 9DH

Employer details

Employer name

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Dawlish Community Hospital

Barton Terrace

Dawlish

EX7 9DH

For questions about the job, contact:

Deputy Matron

Helen Thatcher

helen.thatcher@nhs.net

01803654816

Date posted

19 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

388-7051323-NMC

Job locations

Dawlish Community Hospital

Barton Terrace

Dawlish

EX7 9DH


Supporting documents

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