Dorset County Hospital calling for more nurses

Prince of Wales Ward staff nurses Laura Peck, Jennie Fowler and Laura Ballard Prince of Wales Ward staff nurses Laura Peck, Jennie Fowler and Laura Ballard

DORSET County Hospital has launched a recruitment drive to employ more nurses.

The Dorchester hospital is recruiting registered nurses across all specialties.

It hopes to increase its pool of staff and therefore reduce the need to employ temporary staff.

Director of nursing Alison Tong is urging nurses to apply to join the dedicated team at Dorset County Hospital.

She said: “To work as a nurse or midwife is an amazing privilege.

“Nurses play a pivotal role in nearly all aspects of patient care, from birth to death, in a variety of settings.

“At Dorset County Hospital we are committed to providing safe, compassionate care for everyone who uses our services.

“We have an experienced team of dedicated ward leaders who work with their teams to ensure every patient receives the care we would want for our own family.

“I am constantly touched by the care and compassion I see being delivered by nurses and midwives.

“There are many challenges we face in the NHS and we are developing our ward leaders to ensure they continue to lead their teams in the delivery of high quality care.

“This means investing in our most important resource - our staff.

“We are committed to ensuring our staff are competent and have the skills to do their jobs well."

For full details about the job opportunities available visit the hospital’s website at www.dchft.nhs.uk, where you can find direct links to the Dorset County Hospital pages on the NHS Jobs website.

The deadline for applications is February 24.

Comments(3)

goonlinger says...
2:07pm Tue 29 Jan 13

The way that DCH treats some of it's employees...it's a wonder they have any staff at all....

dontbuyit says...
5:09pm Tue 29 Jan 13

Alison Tong, who are you kidding? On the one hand you're bigging up the caring skilled compassionate work your staff does and then sneaking off to the South West pay cartel to reduce their pay. Why would anyone interested in nursing join this trust, that can't be trusted.

clansman59 says...
5:31pm Tue 29 Jan 13

Just a small point as per usual the Echo has printed a little bit of incorrect information Laura in the photo is a Health Care Assistant who are just as valuable as the staff nurses. And thank you dontbuyit it is very true what you have said!

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