# Healthcare Assistant - Bank > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/healthcare-assistant-bank/425f27b0-6899-41c4-baf2-f808c113403c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/healthcare-assistant-bank/425f27b0-6899-41c4-baf2-f808c113403c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Freeman Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Healthcare assistant - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 pro rata - **Contract type:** Bank - **Employment type:** Flexible working - As and When - **Closing date:** 2026-10-04T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-02T10:21:17.278Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Tyne_Wear/Newcastle_upon_Tyne/The_Newcastle_upon_Tyne_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Staff_Bank/Staff_Bank-v8338940 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8338940?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.newcastle-hospitals.org.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Newcastle Hospitals and Community Services Staff Bank provide temporary staff to various wards and departments across the Trust. We are seeking Healthcare Assistants to join our Staff Bank supporting service delivery within our organisation. In return we can offer valuable work opportunities/experience, opportunity to apply for NHS substantive employment, comprehensive training programme, NHS Pension contributions and accrued holiday pay. We are unable to offer sponsorship for this post. ### Main duties of the job Our Staff Bank aims to supply appropriately skilled staff to cover temporary shortages across both Acute and Community settings. We are looking for dedicated individuals to become part of our team of valued Bank Staff where you will play a crucial role in our ongoing service delivery within our organisation delivering high standards of clinical care. Joining the Staff Bank provides an excellent opportunity for those who wish to gain insight and experience into diverse areas and specialities while providing you with the flexibility to choose your own working hours. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - To abide by Trust policies and procedures - To assist the registered nurses (or other healthcare practitioners) in providing high quality patient care - To undertake a range of delegated clinical duties - 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 - Continue to develop and maintain competencies to maintain high quality safe care - 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 - 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 & Abilities **Essential** - Basic IT skills - Ability to work effectively under direct supervision, as part of the multi-disciplinary team - Ability to communicate with members of the public and health care providers - Ability to meet basic care needs of patients, washing, dressing and assistance with feeding etc **Desirable** - Venepuncture skills - Competent in physical skills e.g. recording ECGs, recording blood glucose etc ### Knowledge & Experience **Essential** - Understanding of confidentiality - Experience of caring in a health care setting **Desirable** - An understanding of working in the NHS ### Qualifications & Education **Essential** - Level 3 qualification in Health and Social Care or equivalent level qualification or equivalent relevant experience - GCSEs in English and Maths at Grades 3-1 (or D-G or Level 1 Functional/Key Skills) **Desirable** - GCSEs in English and Maths at Grades 9-4 (or A*-C or Level 2 Functional/Key Skills) ## Documents - [jd & ps (pdf, 165.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10662869) - [newcastle staff benefits (pdf, 274.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2721) - [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. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.