We are looking to recruit highly motivated individual to join our Gastro team on Ward 15 at North Tyneside General Hospital as a Nursing Assistant.

They will provide a high standard and safe care to all the patients suffering from medical gastroenterology illnesses.

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.

Undertake a range of delegated clinical care duties in hospital, community, and other settings.

Record patient observations and changes to patient clinical conditions

Carry out limited clinical care duties.

Candidate must demonstrate a compassion and caring towards their patients and able to deliver high standard of care. One must possess a good communication and organisational skills

Must be willing to work flexible hours to meet the service needs of our patients which includes, weekends and night shifts

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.

To help maintain a clean and safe ward environment.

To work under the supervision of a qualified nurse and assist in the implementation of both direct and non-direct patient care.

To provide and promote high quality care under the guidance of a qualified healthcare professional.