Children's Healthcare Assistant

The Great North Children's Hospital is looking to recruit a number of enthusiastic, caring and committed Healthcare Assistants to join our outstanding workforce across both inpatient, outpatient and day case areas. We want our Children and Young People to receive the best possible care, and the right candidate will need to be passionate, caring and proactive. If you feel this is you, we would love to hear from you. The successful candidates will be supported by an established Multidisciplinary team within the framework of a dynamic Children's Hospital. You will be responsible in ensuring that our service users' needs are met through the delivery of high-quality care. Please refer to the job description and person specification for all essential and desirable criteria required for the role.

• Interview Date Monday, 04 November 2024
• Full & Part Time Hours/Week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy, The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining a high standard of clinical work when carrying out observations and procedures.
Observations include heights, weights, blood pressures, blood sugars, and urine analysis. A desirable requirement for this role is to have venepuncture skills, but this is not essential as you will be offered training if successful. You will also be responsible for ordering supplies and equipment for the department or ward area.

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally. We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders. Our staff oversee around 2 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare. Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.