Job Description
An exciting opportunity has arisen on The Ambulatory Care unit (ACU) at the Northumbria Hospital.
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 department, 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 cover seven days a week.
various hours available
Please note that we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the advertised closing date when we are in receipt of sufficient applications.
To deliver direct high quality patient care under the supervision of our registered practitioners.
Assisting with personal hygiene.
Recording observations.
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.
- 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.