Nursing Assistant

Job summary
We have Full time / part time vacancies for Nursing Assistants to join our Gynaecology Nursing team. We cover 3 base sites Wansbeck General Hospital, North Tyneside General Hospital and Hexham General Hospital with Emergency Gynaecology at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, Cramlington and Ward 8 at North Tyneside. Hours and base sites will be discussed at interview.

Your role will be to assist the qualified nurses in the assessment, plan, implementation and evaluation of nursing care and give basic nursing care.

Manage own healthcare led clinics, using good time management and interpersonal skills under direct supervision of Nurse in Charge.

Providing support for patients attending the outpatient setting, assistance with any mobility needs under direct or indirect supervision. To report accurately perceived changes in a patient manner, observation. Record basic observations for patients attending the department.

One post holder will be based in Northumbria and the other's based at Wansbeck / North Tyneside but will be required to work across all base sites as part of the wider Gynaecology Nursing team.

All Training will be given in clinical areas.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job
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, manage own healthcare led clinics, using good time management and interpersonal skills under direct supervision of Nurse in Charge.

To help maintain a clean and safe ward environment, be responsible for checking stock levels and ordering supplies via our IPROC system. All training will be given.

About us
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, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Job responsibilities

• 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 clinic environment.
• Support patients potentially receiving bad news.

Essential qualifications and experience

• Knowledge of care and related procedures, clinical observations, relevant legislation
• Completion of a competency-based programme or equivalent relevant experience
• Level 3 qualification in a healthcare related subject or a portfolio of equivalent demonstrable experience
• Previous care experience in a health or social care setting

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 3
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Closing date: 03 November 2026

For questions about the job, contact:
Ward Manager Corrine Farrell, View email address on meeveem.com, View phone number on meeveem.com

Please note the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.