Nursing Assistant

1 week ago

North Shields, United Kingdom Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic individual to join the North Shields Community Nursing Team's as a Nursing Assistant. The Trust is committed to providing opportunities for development for all staff to help reach their full potential and if not already obtained there is an expectation that the Care Certificate Programme will be completed. We also provide training opportunities to enhance clinical skills required to provide high and safe quality care in line with the Trusts values.

The Healthcare Assistant within a community setting works as a member of a wider community nursing team to delivery clinical care to patients including the performance of diagnostic tests and the delivery of personal and delegated nursing care to individuals with chronic health problems. Although the post holder receives support and supervision from registered nurses she / her is expected to work unsupervised in the patient own home, the surgery and in residential home environments. The healthcare assistant will have delegated responsibility to order and rotate stock to support the team. The post holder will also undertake administrative tasks allocated by the team lead for example, assembling patient case notes, room bookings to facilitate the arrangement of team meetings and sickness absence meetings.
- The performance of personal care tasks and clinical interventions delegated by registered nurses including simple dressings, enemata, catheter care, eye drops etc.
- The delivery of personal care and support to patients with a terminal illness and their families including the provision of emotional support.
- The collection of equipment and the safe use and decontamination of such equipment between each use.
- Good communication skills with patients, relatives and colleagues. Communication with patients, relatives, colleagues and other agencies to ensure the continuity of patient care and onward referral where necessary.
- The collection of equipment and the safe use and decontamination of such equipment between each use.
- The checking of equipment, stock levels and expiry dates re-stocking and re-ordering supplies as necessary.
- IT skills especially in relation to the use of General Practice clinical systems

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

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