Healthcare Assistant
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust, Shipcote, Gateshead
Healthcare Assistant
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Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust, Shipcote, Gateshead
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted today, 16 Sep | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
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Location ref: Shipcote, Gateshead
Full Job Description
An exciting permanent opportunity has come up for a Healthcare Assistant in the Critical Care Department, Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
We are looking for caring and compassionate individuals, who can prioritise delivering high quality and safe patient care, to join our team.
We are keen to hear from individuals who are hard working, reliable and passionate in making a difference to our patients.
We will consider full time and part time hours, this will be a rotation of day and night shift covering a 7 day service., People who use our services are from diverse backgrounds with a wide range of needs which may include long term conditions, mental health conditions, learning disabilities or dementia., As a healthcare assistant you will be working closely with individuals, assisting the nursing staff and multi-disciplinary team to provide high quality care to patients.
Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.
Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.
We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.
Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronymICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.
We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.