Nursing Assistant
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Ashington, NE63 9JJView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£25,760 to £27,476
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
1 November 2026
13 days leftJob description
An exciting opportunity has arisen on Ward 1, Wansbeck General Hosiptal for a nursing assistant to join our team. Ward 1 is a busy 25 bedded cardiolog...
- Undertakes a range of delegated clinical care duties in hospital, community, and other settings.
- Records patient observations and changes to patient clinical conditions
- Carries out limited clinical care duties.
- To assist the registered nurse in the delivery of high quality direct and indirect patient care.
- To provide assistance and support to patients, carers and the multidisciplinary team.
- To maintain high clinical standards
- To maintain a clean and safe ward environment
- To work under the supervision of a qualified nurse and assist in the implementation of both direct and non-direct patient care.
- To provide and promote high quality care under the guidance of a qualified healthcare professional.
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!
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Experience and knowledge
Essential: - Previous care experience in a health or social care setting
Desirable: - Evidence of completed competencies aligned to the service area; - Customer Care course
Qualifications / Professional Registration
Essential
- 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
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
16 October 2026
Last checked
19 October 2026
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