Healthcare Assistant | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 28 March 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,816 - £24,336 pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 27 April 2024 |
| Location: | 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary, NE1 4LP |
| Company: | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6153320/317-2024-12-34-DR |
Summary
This opportunity will provide you with valuable experience and offer a strong foundation for a career within the NHS.
No theatre experience required as in house training will be provided however knowledge of working in Theatres or a health care setting would be an advantage.
• Interview date: 16th April 2024
• 17hours 00 minutes /week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
Successful applicants will work under the direction of a registered practitioner to perform a range of delegated duties and assist in the safe care of patients within the peri operative environment.
You will assist with the preparation and setting up of theatres in readiness for the operating list and contribute to administrative, clinical, cleaning and housekeeping duties as required.
You will need to have a willingness to learn with excellent communication skills and IT skills would be advantageous.
The department works 24/7 with various shift patterns in place.
Main Duties :
• Assisting in Theatres alongside Scrub Nurse.
• House Keeping Duties
• Patient Safety
• Stock Rotation
• Moving and Handling
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
• To abide by Trust policies and procedures
• To assist the registered nurses (or other healthcare practitioners) in providing high quality patient care
• To undertake a range of delegated clinical duties
• Maintain patients’ privacy and dignity at all times and provide care in a compassionate and sensitive manner.
• Be an effective part of the multi-disciplinary team contributing to the departmental objectives.
• Continue to develop and maintain competencies to maintain high quality safe care.
• Post holder will be expected to contribute to housekeeping and other ward /department duties as required, e.g. general tidiness, re-determined stock levels are met and clinical equipment is clean, working and stored correctly.
Assist with admin & clerical duties as required.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
This advert closes on Monday 1 Apr 2024
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