Healthcare Assistant (Community) | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 08 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,816 - £24,336 per annum / pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 08 May 2024 |
| Location: | 317 Trustwide, NE6 6BT |
| Company: | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6209098/317-2024-13-28-DR-A |
Summary
Acting as a Health Care Support Worker, working within a busy multi disciplinary team (MDT), providing rehabilitation and support to community patients as directed by the MDT.
Providing support to patients and families to prevent avoidable admissions and support discharge.
• Interview date: 26th April 2024
• Full- and part time hours available
• 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
• Working within MDT
• Supporting patients and family as per MDT plan.
• Complete electronic patient records
• Report changes in patient condition to supervisors
• Under take patient observation
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 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 registered health care practitioners in providing high quality patient care
• Maintain patients privacy and dignity at all times
• Be an effective part of the multi-disciplinary team contributing to the departmental objectives.
• Continue to develop and maintain competencies in nursing tasks to maintain high quality safe care.
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 15 Apr 2024
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