Employer: University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: University Hospital North Midlands
Town: Stoke on Trent
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 pro rata pa
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 10/04/2025 23:59
Nursing Assistant
Band 3
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 3 Nursing Assistant to join the Imaging Team here at UHNM. We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced healthcare assistant to work in our busy imaging department at UHNM.
The successful candidate will need to be a motivated team player with a flexible attitude and be able to demonstrate commitment to their own professional development. There is a requirement to be flexible to meet the needs of the department. In return, we will support the candidate to develop in the role.
Main duties of the job
The majority of patients will pass through the imaging department at some point in their hospital attendance. As a department, we value the service offered within imaging. We uphold and adhere to the ‘Proud to Care’ standards.
The successful BAND 3 Nursing Assistant will join and be supported by our Imaging Nursing Team. The Imaging Nursing Team are required to cover the whole of the Imaging Department, but are fundamentally based in Interventional Radiology and our Radiology Day Case Unit. In our Interventional Radiology suites, operations are carried out under X-Ray Guidance. Within Imaging, we also carry out procedures under Ultrasound and CT Guidance. We also have our own 9-bedded Radiology Day Case Unit providing pre and post-procedure care to Imaging Patients.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we’re highly regarded for our facilities, teaching, and research. The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Our 11,000 strong workforce provides emergency treatment, planned operations, and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.
We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales. We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full-time, part-time hours, and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working. You can select your preferences upon application.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.
Person specification
Qualifications
Experience
* 1 year Imaging Experience
* 1 year Nursing Assistant in hospital setting
Important information about your application
* All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
* References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
* We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
* Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies.
* New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community.
We will communicate with you regarding your job application via email. Please be aware that we cannot guarantee the security of any emails sent/received via non-encrypted format.
If you would like support completing an application form, please contact the recruitment department on 01782 675533 where one of our trained assistants will be able to help.
At UHNM we are fortunate to receive a high volume of applications for many of our roles; on this occasion, we would reserve the right to close any advert early, therefore please apply without delay!
If you obtained your qualifications overseas, you will be required to provide an official government translation through ECCTIS (formerly known as NARIC). Please note, this is in addition to any professional registration requirements and not a replacement for your qualifications.
If you are currently in the UK on a visa, you must have at least six months remaining on your visa at the time of application to ensure sufficient time for the recruitment and training process associated with the role. The requirement of at least six months remaining on your visa does not apply to a Skilled Worker Visa, as a new Skilled Worker Visa would be required for a new role.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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