Job summary
- Main area
- Surgery
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Sunday)
- Job ref
- 153-SU07049
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Royal Bournemouth Hospital - UHD
- Town
- Bournemouth
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 PA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/11/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 24/11/2026
Employer heading
Enhanced Care Practitioner Band 7
NHS AfC: Band 7
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £500m transformation programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support the preparation of their application. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of your own experience and suitability. Personal integrity is an important part of the recruitment process.
Job overview
Main duties of the job
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Work with minimal supervision, clinically examining and assessing patients and initiating any appropriate action for a distinct caseload of highly complex patients.
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Make independent, autonomous highly complex clinical decisions across a discrete aspect of patient care in the SDEC service. May require some supervision and will be expected to obtain support from senior members of staff to make decisions, which may be outside scope of clinical knowledge.
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Exercise significant discretion in the delivery of the role, guided by policies and procedures and implementing appropriate action in order to achieve expected results.
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Care for people with highly complex conditions using existing knowledge and expertise, enhanced clinical assessments, diagnostics, interventions and equipment.
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To work autonomously, using enhanced clinical knowledge and skills, underpinned by theory and experience, to holistically assess patients, using a range of methods across the specialist service.
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To plan and manage care of patients within current level of practice, working in partnership with others, delegating and referring as appropriate, to optimise health outcomes and resource use, as well as providing direct support to patients and carers.
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To propose and implement service and policy development and redesign, impacting beyond own area and other disciplines, informed by current best practice and evidence-base, in accordance with values-based care of the trust.
Working for our organisation
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 be reimbursed. 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, BAME, 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See attached Job description and person specification
Work with minimal supervision, clinically examining and assessing patients and initiating any appropriate action for a distinct caseload of highly complex patients.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree level qualification
- Enhanced Clinical Practice qualification, Level 7, other post registration qualification at level 7 or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Management and/or Leadership course relevant to healthcare environment.
- Supplementary or Independent prescriber
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience of managing a discrete aspect of a patient’s care at an enhanced level of practice with specific knowledge and skills in a field of expertise within Surgical context.
- Experience of working in partnership with all levels of staff, evidencing the ability to plan and co-ordinate the provision of care
Technical skills comptencies
Essential criteria
- Ability to analyse and interpret highly complex information from patient assessment and interventions, and freedom to act in managing patients ‘care
- Ability to work unsupervised and on own initiative and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate highly specialised theoretical and practical knowledge of Surgical specialty and common presentations
- Ability to demonstrate a depth and breadth of understanding of current issues and policies and have the ability to translate into practice.
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential criteria
- A commitment to improving patient services through an ability to sustain a clear performance focus on achieving demanding goals
- Manual dexterity, precision and accuracy in physical skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- David Wyman
- Job title
- Matron - Surgery
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 019 6308
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