Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen on Ward 12 at North Tyneside Hospital. We require one nursing assistant to join our team. Ward 12 is an innovative and forward thinking, 23 bedded Care of the Elderly Ward.



We are looking for experienced candidates who have a commitment to ensuring safe and high-quality care is delivered to our patients, as well as being a role model and supporting other members of the multi-disciplinary team.



On Ward 12 there is a strong focus on multidisciplinary team working, to ensure safe and timely patient discharges or transfers to appropriate care settings.



You will be expected to work as part of a dynamic nursing team, delivering all aspects of care to patients and have excellent communication skills. Previous experience in a similar setting is desirable, but not essential. These posts will be rotational between day/night shift and cover seven days a week.



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



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.



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 nurses in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.



To give basic nursing care, e.g.; assistance with personal hygiene, eating and drinking, mobility needs, washing under direct or indirect supervision. Monitor patients observations and vital signs including fluid balance



To report accurately perceived changes in a patients manner, observation, eating habits etc.



To promote health within the ward setting.



Organises own day to day work tasks or activities under supervision of qualified staff



Able to respond to the changing needs of patients and ward routines.