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Location

Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland | United Kingdom

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Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our OPD and ambulatory care team at Berwick infirmary.

You will be required to work alongside varied specialities , working with the wider multidisciplinary team to support patients journey when attending appointments and procedures.

You will work closely with nursing and administrative teams striving to provide a seamless service for patient and their carers.

We need the successful candidate to be flexible to meet the needs of the service and be able to work a full variety of shifts throughout the week .

We are looking for a candidate that is caring and compassionate and keen to support the patient journey, adapting to new ways of working and able to communicate and support the multidisciplinary team.

The post holder may be required to work at other trust sites occasionally.

Please note this vacancy may close earlier once a certain number of applications have been received.
• Communicating with patients and carers, ensuring smooth running of clinics, patient observations and documentation.
• Phlebotomy, ECG, 24hr BP and ECG and flow rate.
• Assist qualified nursing staff in the delivery of high quality direct in in direct patient care.
• Uses electronic systems e.g. PAS and ICE.
• Organises tasks and activities under supervision.
• Able to respond to the modern changing NHS.
• Takes responsibility for personal development achieving agreed objectives via appraisal.

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.

To assist the qualified nursing staff in the delivery of high quality direct and indirect patient care.

To provide assistance and support to patients, carers and the multi-disciplinary team.

To maintain high clinical standards.

To help maintain a clean and safe ward environment.

This advert closes on Sunday 3 Mar 2024

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