Nursing Assistant

at  Northumbria Healthcare NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Ward 15 NSECH is looking for a hard working and enthusiastic Band 3 Nursing assistants to work as part of our nursing team. We care for both elective and emergency surgery patients within different specialities such as colorectal, upper GI, breast/plastics and Gyne.
Various hours available (Full time or Part time may be available)
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised closing date once sufficient applications have been received
To assist the qualified nursing nursing staff in the delivery of high quality nursing care and provide assistance and support to patients, carers and the multidisciplinary team. To be responsible for own nursing care standards and assist in ensuring a clean, safe and hygienic ward environment. To be able to do venepuncture and learn to cannulate if desired. To change simple dressings and do basic wound care. Ensure fluid balances, food charts and assessments are completed. Order and serve meals ensuring patients correct nutritional needs are being met. Act as a role model to junior team members and help direct patient care to meet patients needs.
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.
The successful candidate would be required to do the following:
Accurately record all patient observations, ECGs, perform bladder scans, neuro observations, blood sugar levels, checklists
Complete ward audits and cleaning schedules.
Stoma care and stoma education.
Venepuncture if applicable
To promote health within the ward setting and to prepare clinical areas for procedures, i.e. Aseptic Technique.
To demonstrate safe manual handling of patients.
Assist in ensuring a clean, safe and pleasant ward environment.
To adhere to trust policies.
To utilise trust resources effectively.
To contribute to the induction of healthcare assistants/apprentices/students.
Share knowledge and skills with all new members of staff, including students.
To complete staff surveys.
To take personal responsibilities for achieving agreed objectives through the appraisal process

Please refer the Job description for details