Nursing Assistant | Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 18 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,383 pro rata per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 May 2024 |
| Location: | Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 2NS |
| Company: | Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6217579/319-6217579SO |
Summary
Alnwick Ward 1
To support the qualified nursing team in the care of patients during the rehabilitation. Enabling patients to meet their agreed goals set by the MDT team, to support discharge.
We are looking for a caring, compassionate and enthusiastic individual to join our team. Ward 1 Alnwick Infirmary is a busy elderly rehabilitation ward that cares for patients following illness, surgery and palliative care.
The role includes assisting the qualified nursing staff:
• Delivering high quality direct and indirect patient care
• Assisting and supporting patients, carers and the multi-disciplinary team
• Maintaining high clinical standards
• Maintaining a clean and safe ward environment
The post involves working a variety of shifts over the 24 hour period, including weekends and bank holidays and night duty; individuals need to be flexible to the needs of the service.
The successful candidate must have good communication skills with a caring approach. They need to be flexible to meet the needs of service and be aware that this is a rotational post therefore will be required to do a variety of shifts including night duty.
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’ before submitting your application.
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.
This advert closes on Thursday 2 May 2024
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