Nurse roles in Dorchester
If you are an NMC-registered nurse living in or near Dorchester, we would like to hear from you. Protocol Healthcare Services supplies nurses to community and healthcare settings across the UK, on temporary contracts, permanent contracts, or a mix of the two while you work out what suits.
Working around Dorchester
Dorset County Hospital is the hospital local teams work alongside, and the homes and services around Poundbury and Victoria Park draw staff from the same pool. Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust runs services locally, with Dorset Council commissioning the social care alongside them.
Most placements are in Poundbury, Fordington and Victoria Park, with regular work further out at Prince of Wales, Maumbury and Charminster. Postings run through DT2 and DT1, including out at Martinstown.
A typical shift
- ✓ Assessing, planning and reviewing care for the people you look after
- ✓ Medication administration and clinical observations
- ✓ Wound care, catheter care and other clinical tasks within your competence
- ✓ Working alongside GPs, district nurses and multidisciplinary teams
- ✓ Supporting and supervising care and support staff on shift
- ✓ Accurate record keeping and handover
Shifts and contracts
Days, nights and weekends are all available, full time or part time. Someone covering Maumbury on earlies and Charminster on nights is an ordinary week here. The aim is ongoing work in settings you already know, not a different address every week between Poundbury and Charlton Down.
Some people stay on agency indefinitely; others use a few months around Victoria Park to find the right permanent home. Both are fine.
What you will need
- ✓An enhanced DBS check, which we can arrange
- ✓Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
- ✓The right to work in the UK
- ✓Excellent clinical and communication skills
- ✓Experience in community, elderly or end-of-life care is desirable, but not essential
How we work with you
You get one consultant who knows your registration, your patch and which Dorset services you have already worked in. We recruit from our offices in Edgware and Bournemouth and place people nationwide; there is no branch in Dorchester itself, which we would rather say plainly.
Weymouth, Wareham and Blandford Forum are close enough that plenty of our people work across them and Dorchester both.
Let us know your hours and how far you will travel from Poundbury, and we will do the rest. There are immediate opportunities for suitable candidates. Call 020 8951 4510 or use the contact form.
Nurse Jobs in Dorchester, answered
You need current NMC registration and the right to work in the UK. Experience in community, elderly or end-of-life care is desirable but not essential, and we will talk through which settings around Dorchester suit your background.
Day, night and weekend shifts, on full-time and part-time patterns. You set your availability and we work to it. Once you are established we can offer regular ongoing shifts rather than one-offs.
Both. We recruit for temporary and permanent positions, and many people start on agency shifts around Dorchester before moving into a permanent post once they have found a service that suits them.
Across nursing homes, residential services, supported living, community teams and NHS settings. In practice that means Poundbury, Fordington, Victoria Park, Prince of Wales and Maumbury, covering DT2 and DT1, and out into Dorset. Dorset County Hospital is the main hospital in the area.
We have immediate opportunities for suitable candidates. Once your registration, right-to-work and DBS checks are in place, shifts can usually follow quickly. Call 020 8951 4510 or send us your details to get started.
Nurse Jobs near Dorchester
Looking for work in Dorchester?
Register and a consultant will be in touch about shifts around Poundbury, Victoria Park and the wider Dorset area.