Nursing Assistant | Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 16 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,937 - £26,598 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 April 2026 |
| Location: | North Shields, NE29 8NH |
| Company: | Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7852468/319-7852468SC |
Summary
Ward 23 is a 26 bedded orthopaedic ward. Our multi disciplinary team serve patients who are recovering from orthopaedic trauma as well as elderly general medical patients. We are a dementia friendly ward with an enthusiastic team who seek to deliver quality care to all patients whilst also supporting carers and relatives. We would welcome caring, compassionate, enthusiastic applicants who work well within a team and recognise that elderly speciality is where they want to work.
The duties of a healthcare assistant on ward 23 will involve caring for patients, ensuring high standards of care are met with washing , dressing, bathing. Also ensuring safety of all patients are met with regards to ensuring patients are monitored to reduce falls. Completing observations, ordering meals and assisting patients at meals times.
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.
The duties of a healthcare assistant on ward 23 will involve caring for patients, ensuring high standards of care are met with washing , dressing, bathing. Also ensuring safety of all patients are met with regards to ensuring patients are monitored to reduce falls. Completing observations, ordering meals and assisting patients at meals times.
This advert closes on Monday 30 Mar 2026