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Staff Benefits - Annual leave
Annual leave
There's no shortage of things to see and do around these parts so you'll be spoilt for choice with how to spend your annual leave. When you join us you'll receive 27 days, increasing to 29 days after five years. After 10 years' service your leave will increase to 33 days as a thank you for your continued service and commitment.
You'll also receive an allowance for the public holidays – if you work these days you'll be given the time back when you please.
If you're joining us from another NHS employer your holiday allowance will transfer across, as will all your benefits.
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Staff Benefits - Looking after you
Staff Benefits
As if working for England's number one hospital trust isn't enough, there's an array of benefits to working at our hospitals by the sea. Here's just a few of them:
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Get to know us better
Get to know us better
It's the people who work in our hospitals that make our Trust such a great place to work.
We've seen people leave Team UHD only to return, citing our culture as the reason why.
Why not get a feel for our culture for yourself?
Check us out on Facebook
Have a look at what we've been tweeting about
Watch our videos on YouTube
Look at some of our pictures on Instagram
Or better still, come and visit us. Just walking down our hospital streets will give you a sense of our culture - there's always a friendly face and we look out for each other. To come along for a visit, get in touch - we'd love to meet you.
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Get in touch
Get in touch
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Prefer to chat? Give us a call on:
Royal Bournemouth Hospital
General Recruitment Team 0300 019 4426
Temporary Staffing Bank 0300 019 4219
Medical Staffing 0300 019 4460
Poole Hospital
General Recruitment Team 0300 019 2345
Temporary Staffing Bank 0300 019 2183
Medical Staffing 0300 019 4460
Need to use good ol' snail mail? No problem - our address is:
HR Team
The Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Castle Lane East
Bournemouth
BH7 7DW
HR Team
Poole Hospital
Longfleet Road
Poole
Dorset
BH15 2JB
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Join our NHS Temporary staffing bank
What is our NHS temporary staffing bank?
If you are looking for work around your current lifestyle and help create a work-life balance you are striving to achieve, University Hospitals Dorset NHS bank can help you create the flexible working schedule you desire. Bank shifts are available across all our main hospital sites and locations covering Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch – enabling you to expand and gain further NHS experience, as well as discovering where the right fit is for you.
Our bank offers hourly rates of pay, with enhancement opportunities, alongside flexibility to a wide range of professionals to work as and when they want to, including doctors and nurses, midwives, pharmacists and allied health professionals, healthcare assistants, administration, support staff and more.
Whether you would like an occasional shift, complete the hours you require to maintain your professional registration, considering a different role after retirement or planning to return to work after a break - we can help you get the work you want without being tied into contracted hours.
You can manage and book your own hours using our online booking portal Loop.
What are the benefits of joining the bank?
Besides the flexibility, you will also be eligible for many of the benefits, including:
Pension
The NHS Pension Scheme is one of the best in the country with a generous employer contribution.
Weekly pay
UHD Bank are paid hourly rates, which are paid to you two weeks in arrears.
Holiday pay
As a member of bank, you will be entitled to an hourly rate uplift based on the hours that your work.
Unsocial hours pay
As a bank worker, you are entitled to the Agenda For Change out of hours unsocial pay increases on top of your basic rates of pay
Discounts
Bank workers are entitled to all NHS discount schemes including Blue Light card.
Working locations:
At University Hospitals Dorset, we cover The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Poole Hospital and Christchurch Hospital. We also have various sites and hubs across the region. As a bank member you can work and explore the diversity of the specialities that we cover.
Self-booking via online booking portal
Take control of your hours, and self-book into what hours are suited to you using our electronic rostering systems. Access shifts anytime, anywhere. Alternatively, our bookings team can support you 7 days a week during office hours.
There are many more benefits of joining our bank community that can be seen here
Interested in joining our bank community?
If you would like to be considered to join the University Hospitals Dorset Bank, You can see our vacancies on NHS Jobs, and via our dedicated careers pages. Bank opportunities will be labelled as such on the sites.
Details can be found in the job description or person specification for each role if there are any experience or requirements that are bespoke to each role
You can also contact our dedicated Bank Recruitment team who will be happy to help you with any queries you may have about bank opportunities to join us at University Hospitals Dorset.
Contact us:
Bank recruitment
Phone: 0300 019 4258
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Medical bank and medical bank recruitment:
Phone: 0300 019 4254
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Already apart of team UHD?
You can contact our dedicated bookings teams on any of the below:
Phone: 0300 019 4219
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