Nursing Assistant
Northumbria Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust, High Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne
Nursing Assistant
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Northumbria Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust, High Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 4 days ago, 10 May | Get your application in now to be included in the first week's applications.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: a9434b6310ee4293810a37ea69dcc080
Full Job Description
An exciting opportunity has arisen on Ward 24 at North Tyneside General Hospital. We require two Nursing Assistant's to join our team. Ward 24 is an innovative and forward thinking, 26 bedded Care of the Elderly Ward. We are looking for a candidate who has a commitment to ensure safe and high-quality care is delivered to our patients, as well as being a role model and supporting other members of the MDT. On Ward 24 there is a strong focus on multidisciplinary team working, to ensure safe and timely patient discharges or transfers to appropriate care settings., The main purpose of the role is to plan, implement and evaluate nursing care working as a member of the multidisciplinary team under the supervision of the nurses and the ward manager.
- To assist the qualified nursing staff in the delivery of high quality direct and indirect patient care
- To provide assistance and support to patients, carers and the multi-disciplinary team
- To maintain high clinical standards
- To help maintain a clean and safe ward environment
You will be expected to work as part of a dynamic nursing team, delivering all aspects of care to patients and have excellent communication skills. Previous experience in a similar setting is desirable, but not essential. These posts will be rotational between day/night shift and cover seven days a week.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes'