Would you like to come and join our team in Outpatients at Alnwick Infirmary ?
We are looking for a new member to join our friendly team to support patients attending for appointments and procedures within a rural out patient department.
The successful candidate will work with multiple specialist teams and be involved in delivering high quality care when patients attend for varied appointments
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
• Undertakes a range of delegated clinical care duties in hospital, community, and other settings.
• Records patient observations and changes to patient clinical conditions
• Carries out limited clinical care duties.
• 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.
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.
• Ensure safe running of multiple clinics
• Provide a welcoming and compassionate environment for patients attending for a variety of consultations and procedures
• Communicating with nurse in charge and specialities attending for appointments
• Communicating with the wider multi-disciplinary team
• Supporting patients and providing information regarding appointments and health promotion.
• Setting up clinical areas ready for clinics.
• Patient procedures
• Measuring patient observations
• Phlebotomy
• Bladder scanning
• Flow rate
• Cardiology diagnostics, 24hr BP, 24hr ECG and ECG
• Support registered nurses providing care to patients in medical day case area
• Maintaining stock levels
• Maintaining safe environment when involved in audit and clinical governance
This advert closes on Monday 17 Mar 2025
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