Nursing Assistant

An exciting opportunity has arisen on Ward 22 North Tyneside General Hospital. We require Nursing Assistants to join our team, where there is availability for full and part time hours. Ward 22 is an innovative and forward thinking, 24 bedded Stroke Rehabilitation Ward, with a full MDT.

The successful candidate should have a commitment to ensuring safe and high-quality care is delivered to our patients. A wide range of clinical experience will be gained on this ward, with scope for staff development. You should be committed to working effectively as part of a multi-professional team and have excellent communication skills.

You will be expected to work as part of a dynamic nursing team delivering all aspects of care to patients. Previous experience in a similar setting is desirable, but not essential. The post will be fully rotational day/night

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.

Main duties of this role will include;

• 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