# Critical Care Support > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/critical-care-support/e7f3f820-75e0-4b01-8159-9e691865f817 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/critical-care-support/e7f3f820-75e0-4b01-8159-9e691865f817.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal Victoria Infirmary - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Support role - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £25,272 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-20T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-16T10:40:59.635Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Tyne_Wear/Royal_Victoria_Infirmary/The_Newcastle_upon_Tyne_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/ITU_RVI/ITU_RVI-v8299642 - **Employer website:** https://www.newcastle-hospitals.org.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has become available to join the team on the Victoria Critical Care Unit at the Royal Victoria Infirmary as a Critical Care Support Assistant. The post holder will work on a busy critical care unit that specializes in neuro conditions and major trauma injuries. - Interview Date: 7 October 2026 - 37 hours 30 minutes/week - You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy. NO AGENCIES PLEASE ### Main duties of the job This role will involve assisting registered nurses and other healthcare practitioners in providing high quality patient care and report any concerns regarding a patients condition to the registered practitioner. The post holder will be required to work part of an effective multi-disciplinary team contributing to the departmental objectives. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Post holder will be expected to contribute to housekeeping and other ward / department duties as required, e.g. general tidiness, re-determined stock levels are met and clinical equipment is clean, working and stored correctly. - To abide by Trust policies and procedures - To assist the registered nurses (or other healthcare practitioners) in providing high quality patient care and report any concerns regarding the patient’s condition to the qualified nurse. - Maintain patients’ privacy and dignity at all times and provide care in a compassionate and sensitive manner. - Be an effective part of the multi-disciplinary team contributing to the departmental objectives. - Maintaining a safe, clean and comfortable environment for the patients, their families and visitors. - Actively contribute to the provision of nutrition of the patients on the Ward / Department - Assist with admin & clerical duties as required. Whilst Newcastle Hospitals are a forward thinking and 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 of your individual application or to the recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process. ### Applicant requirements 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. ## Person Specification ### SKILLS **Essential** - Basic IT skills - Ability to be responsible for own development, identifying training needs, set personal objectives and attend appropriate training as agreed by line manager. - Ability to initiate emergency action when required e.g. Cardiac arrest, Fire. ### KNOWLEDGE **Essential** - Ability to maintain and improve knowledge, skills and competence to ensure high standards of patient care. - Ability to meet basic care needs of patients. - Understanding of confidentiality - Basic knowledge of Infection Prevention and Control **Desirable** - Understanding of basic food hygiene concepts - Understanding of basic safeguarding - An understanding of working in the NHS ### EXPERIENCE **Essential** - Ability to plan, prioritise own and delegated work tasks and activities **Desirable** - Experience of caring in a health care setting ### QUALIFICATIONS **Essential** - NVQ Level 2 in appropriate subject (or on pathway) or equivalent qualification / experience in care or domestic work - GCSEs in English and Maths at Grades 3-1 (or D-G or Level 1 Functional/Key Skills) ## Documents - [newcastle staff benefits (pdf, 274.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2721) - [critical care support worker (pdf, 164.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10618834) - [behaviour and civility charter (pdf, 93.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2922) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references.