Nursing/Plaster Room Assistant

at  Northumbria Healthcare NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

We deliver plaster room services across a range of our hospitals at North Tyneside, Northumbria Emergency Care Hospital, Cramlington, Hexham and Wansbeck Hospitals working across a 7 day service.
To support the plaster room service and team in delivering cast care and support to patients and to support the Outpatient Department team with healthcare duties in main out patients.
To assist the plaster technicians in all aspects of the plaster room environment and the Clinic nurse in all aspects of Clinics/predominately Orthopaedics.
There will be an 18 month training programme provided house that the post holder must complete within the time period
Car driver is essential as the role involves multiple site working on a regular basis.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once sufficient applications have been received
To assist the plaster technicians in all aspects of the plaster room environment and the Clinic nurse in all aspects of Clinics/predominately Orthopaedics
Makes judgments involving straightforward job related facts or situations
Able to recognise triggers on NEWs chart and act according as per algorithym
Able to recognise signs of the deteriorating patient and alert qualified staff accordingly
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 nurses in the assessment, plan, implementation and evaluation of nursing/plaster technician care.
To give basic nursing care, e.g. assistance with personal hygiene, eating and drinking, mobility needs under direct or indirect supervision.
To report accurately perceived changes in a patient manner, observation, eating habits etc.
To prepare the clinical area for procedures.
Provide appropriate delegated clinical care appropriate to area of work i.e.
Non complex would dressings
To assist in the co-ordination of the work load of the plaster room/Clinic
To remove casts, splints, clips and dressings under supervision/guidance.
To apply various casts within the plaster room supervision/guidance
To apply Splints
To perform Phlebotomy
To assist in clinic preparation and management
To relay verbal and written information to the patient/medical staff with regards to cast care
To demonstrate and give instructions of walking aid

Please refer the Job description for details