Healthcare Assistant - Bank

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
• 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 in nursing tasks 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.