Critical Care Support | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 10 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,383 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 May 2024 |
| Location: | 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary, NE1 4LP |
| Company: | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6216422/317-2024-05-15-DR-A |
Summary
Our purpose built Critical Care Units have state of the art equipment:
Ward 18 Critical Care consists of 10 Intensive Care beds and 12 High Dependency beds
This role incorporates housekeeping, equipment maintenance, monitoring and ordering of department stock items, assisting registered nurses with the provision of patient care, assistance in administration and clerical duties.
We can offer skills and experience in:
• Major Trauma
• ENT
• General Surgery
• Major vascular surgery
• Medicine
• Burns & Plastics
• Trauma and orthopaedics
• Respiratory/Home Ventilation
• Infectious Diseases
• Obstetrics
• Emergency Medical & Surgical Admissions
We can offer:
• An excellent structured preceptorship supported by supernumerary period.
• Regular study and learning opportunities working with Clinical Educators in the clinical area
• Friendly and supportive workplace (Clinical supervision in operation
• Interview date: 24th April 2024
• 37 hours 30 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.
• Will contribute to maintaining a high standard of cleanliness on the department by working under direct supervision of registered practitioners or assistant practitioners.
• Will contribute to effective stock control and maintenance and highlight any deficiencies to qualified nurse when appropriate.
• Contributes to the work of the department by working under direct or indirect supervision of registered practitioners or assistant practitioners.
• Will carry out delegated, repetitive, routine and familiar tasks.
• Will plan and prioritise own and delegated work tasks and activities.
• Will carry out routine elements of assessment to enhance the patient / client journey, following an initial assessment by a registered practitioner.
• Assist nurse to meet the basic care needs of patients, washing dressing, assistance with feeding etc.
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, we have 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.
• 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.
• To abide by Trust policies and procedures
• To assist the registered nurses (or other healthcare practitioners) in providing high quality patient care and report any concerns regarding the patient’s condition to the qualified nurse.
• 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.
• Maintaining a safe, clean and comfortable environment for the patients, their families and visitors.
• Actively contribute to the provision of nutrition of the patients on the Ward / Department
• Assist with admin & clerical duties as require
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 Sunday 14 Apr 2024
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