Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Nursing Assistants within the Surgical and Elective care Business unit on Ward 3 in Hexham Hospital. We are an Orthopaedic ward predominantly caring for patients undergoing elective hip and knee replacements following the fast track protocol. Most of our patients are able to go home on the same day or following day if an overnight stay is required. At present we are providing a minor procedure clinic under local anaesthetic for day case plastic surgery and spinal injections.



Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.



As a Nursing Assistant you will be expected to assist the Staff Nurse in safe and high quality care delivery for our patient group and also work alongside the multi disciplinary team. This involves using digital systems to record patient information maintaining confidentiality. Using equipment to record observations, fluid balance bladder scans and ECG. Assisting with activities of daily living, washing, dressing, nutrition, mobility whilst promoting independence to aid safe discharge.



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, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.



The main responsibility of the role is to work alongside the multi disciplinary team to assist our patients with pre and post operative care to enable them to achieve a safe discharge home. You will be expected to provide high standard of care and also demonstrate excellent communication skills and a flexible approach. To help maintain a clean and safe ward environment. We encourage our staff to develop their skills through a variety of learning opportunities.