Health Care Assistant
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustAlready thinking ahead to interview?
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Job overview
Do you enjoy working in a team to provide high standards of care to children and young adults? Do you understand and enjoy the unique challenges associated with delivering paediatric nursing care? Are you looking for a career opportunity within an organisation rated as ‘outstanding’ for caring? Are you able to be flexible in your approach to work to meet the needs of patients whilst achieving a work-life balance? If so then this could be the opportunity for you.
Paediatrics services at QE Gateshead encompasses a number of varied care settings including an emergency assessment and 24 hour short stay area within ECC (peapod), a children’s day unit and children’s outpatients services including general paediatrics, community paediatrics and specialist clinics. The service has a clear patient focus and a reputation for quality and excellence within the Business Unit.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking to appoint a dynamic, highly motivated, enthusiastic individual to join us in working as part of the paediatric team at QE Gateshead. The post holder will work as part of the nursing team within the Pea Pod, day unit and outpatient area to ensure high quality care is delivered to children and their families. It will be expected that the successful applicant will undertake any additional study and training that is required of them. In addition to internal shift pattern rotation, the successful applicant is expected to undertake a rotation between the departments. The main duties of the job will include:
Ensuring the department is clean, tidy and well stocked
Supporting nursing staff with patient care and treatments
Taking and recording digital observations and measurements on patients
Supporting children and their families through stressful procedures including blood tests.
Providing opportunities for play and distraction to improve the child's hospital experience.
Supporting parents/carers throughout their child's hospital experience
Setting up and ensuring the smooth running of outpatient clinics.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to work both independently and as a team member will be essential.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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