We invest heavily in staff to ensure that the best talent is attracted, developed, looked after, and retained in every area of the organisation.
Ambulatory Care is a same day emergency care unit which cares for patients within the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital from 7:30 till 22:00, seven days per week. Specialities include; surgery, Orthopaedics, medicine, stroke and neurology. Patients attend for planned appointments or are referred to the unit via GP, Emergency Department, Specialist Nurses or NEAS.
We reserve the right to close this advert prior to the closing date once the required number of applications have been received, please submit your application as soon as possible if you wish to apply for this vacancy.
We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, highly-motivated and caring member of staff to work in this area.
The successful candidate will be expected to work as part of a dynamic nursing team delivering all aspects of care to patients.
Do you want to be part of this exciting development and be at the forefront of same day emergency care?
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.
Essential criteria
Qualifications
NVQ Level 3 in Health/Health & Social Care/Direct Care or portfolio of equivalent experience.
Courses and experience that demonstrate transferable skills i.e. respiratory essentials, phlebotomy, obtaining ECGs.
Experience and Knowledge
Previous care experience preferably in a healthcare setting.
This advert closes on Monday 2 Dec 2024
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