Nursing Assistant

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Job summary

A leading NHS organization is looking for committed Nursing Assistants for Ward 1 at Wansbeck General Hospital, delivering high quality care under rotation shifts. Candidates should possess Level 3 healthcare qualifications and demonstrate effective communication skills. Experience in a similar setting is desirable but not mandatory. The role offers a supportive environment focused on the well-being of both staff and patients, within one of the top healthcare trusts in the UK.

Benefits

Extensive health and well-being programme

Flexible working opportunities

Generous annual leave and pension scheme

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a health or social care setting is desirable.
• Evidence of completed competencies aligned to the service area.

Responsibilities

• Undertake delegated clinical care duties.
• Provide assistance and support to patients and the multidisciplinary team.
• Maintain high clinical standards.

Skills

Commitment to high quality care

Effective communication skills

Previous care experience

Education

Level 3 qualification in a healthcare related subject

Completion of a competency-based programme

Job description

Main area cardiology Grade NHS AfC: Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Rotational post - days and nights) Job ref 319-7733522RW

Employer Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Wansbeck General Hospital Town Ashington Salary £24,937 - £26,598 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 08/02/2026 23:59

Nursing Assistant

NHS AfC: Band 3

Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!

What the Northumbria Way means for you:

• Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
• Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
• A range of flexible working opportunities
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
• Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
• Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank

We work closely with Kids First Nurseries that are based within our trust grounds at Wansbeck, North Tyneside and Hexham hospitals to care for our Trust family's children, they offer care for children from 6 weeks old up to 4 years. There are a number of funding options run by the government to help working parents, including Early Years Funding and Tax Free Childcare.

Flexible working offers choice in where, when, and how we work, ensuring patients remain at the heart of all we do. It’s open to everyone, and we aim to find solutions that work for both you and the organisation. All arrangements must be reasonable and balanced to maintain safe and effective patient care.

We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.

We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise – a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people’s lives, such as education, employment and the economy.

If Northumbria Healthcare sounds like somewhere you could belong we would love to hear from you. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.

Whilst Northumbria Healthcare are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen on Ward 1 Wansbeck general hospital for a nursing assistant to join our team. Ward 1 is a busy 25 bedded ward, which incorporates care of patients under cardiology and general medicine .

We are looking for candidates who have commitment to ensuring safe and high quality care is delivered to our patients.

You will be expected to work as part of a dynamic nursing team, delivering all aspects of care to patient and demonstrate effective communication skills.

Previous experience in a similar setting is desirable but not essential. The post will be rotational - day/nightshift and cover seven days a week.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

• Undertakes a range of delegated clinical care duties in hospital, community, and other settings.
• To provide assistance and support patients, carers and the MDT.
• To assist the qualified nursing staff in the delivery of high quality patient care.
• To be responsible for your own nursing care standards.

Working for our organisation

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, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way!

Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To assist the registered nurse in the delivery of high quality direct and indirect patient care.
• To provide assistance and support to patients, carers and the multidisciplinary team.
• To maintain high clinical standards
• To maintain a clean and safe ward environment
• To work under the supervision of a qualified nurse and assist in the implementation of both direct and non-direct patient care.
• To provide and promote high quality care under the guidance of a qualified healthcare professional.

Person specification

Experience and knowledge

• Previous care experience in a health or social care setting
• Evidence of completed competencies aligned to the service area
• Customer Care course

Qualifications / Professional Registration

• Completion of a competency-based programme or equivalent relevant experience
• Level 3 qualification in a healthcare related subject or a portfolio of equivalent demonstrable experience

Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, and those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2.

Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.

Make sure to read the ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before joining our fantastic trust!

Certificate of Sponsorship

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust proudly hold a sponsor licence. In order to provide sponsorship you and the role you are applying for must meet UKVI eligibility requirements. Please check your eligibility prior to submitting an application. Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.

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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.