Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Jubilee Acute Stroke Rehabilitation Unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Gateshead.
We are looking for committed individuals who demonstrate a caring and compassionate attitude, as well as excellent communication and organisation skills. The successful candidate will provide excellent standards of patient care, working well within the wider team to deliver this.
There is an expectation that if appointed, the post holder should be willing to work flexibly to meet the service needs of our patients, including weekends and evenings. Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust offers Family Friendly working and will consider flexible working. Job share applicants are also encouraged to apply.
Previous experience in healthcare is desired but not essential, as training will be provided.
This post is subject to a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) Enhanced Disclosure.
Main duties of the job
- To undertake personal care duties for patients in hospital.- To support all members of the MDT to deliver high quality, safe patient care.- To ensure a safe working environment.- To assist the registered staff to care for patients
About us
Working for your organisation
The people in this area are known for being friendly and there is a strong sense of regional identity.
Gateshead Quays has the most contemporary and stylish cultural and leisure attractions to be found along the Tyne. Next to the world famous Tyne Bridge there's the stunning Millennium Bridge, the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art and of course the fabulous Sir Norman Foster building, The Sage Gateshead a new home for music both national and international.
More than £250 million has been invested over recent years in major new cultural and leisure facilities along the river bank. Gateshead is a pleasant combination of urban development in the east and rural land to the west. Some of the best coast and countryside in the country are all easily accessible from Gateshead. The area is well served with public transport, and air and ferry links to mainland Europe are both about seven miles away.
And of course, Gateshead is home to Anthony Gormleys world famous multi-award winning sculpture, the Angel of the North. This major landmark at the entrance to Gateshead is Britain's largest sculpture and is seen by more than 33 million people every year.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Communicates information to staff, patients, relatives and carers. Communicates information in an empathetic and reassuring way where there maybe barriers to communication/understanding i.e. speech/language/hearingdifficulties. Communicates with patients, clients, relatives and staff whose first language maynot be English. Is able to communicate effectively using written and oral skills. Establish and maintain effective relationships with patients, relatives andcolleagues. Provide and receive routine information requiring tact or persuasive skills; barriersto understanding. Exchanges factual information with patients using persuasion, reassurance, tact,empathy, may overcome barriers to understanding e.g. patient has physical ormental disabilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Communicates information to staff, patients, relatives and carers. Communicates information in an empathetic and reassuring way where there maybe barriers to communication/understanding i.e. speech/language/hearingdifficulties. Communicates with patients, clients, relatives and staff whose first language maynot be English. Is able to communicate effectively using written and oral skills. Establish and maintain effective relationships with patients, relatives andcolleagues. Provide and receive routine information requiring tact or persuasive skills; barriersto understanding. Exchanges factual information with patients using persuasion, reassurance, tact,empathy, may overcome barriers to understanding e.g. patient has physical ormental disabilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- Team working skills.
- Ability to assess. Plan, deliver and evaluate quality care
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workload.
- IT skills/knowledge appropriate to the role
- Courses and skills that demonstrate transferable skills, Previous care experience preferably in a health care setting
Desirable
- Recent relevant experience
- Level 3 NVQ
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- Team working skills.
- Ability to assess. Plan, deliver and evaluate quality care
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workload.
- IT skills/knowledge appropriate to the role
- Courses and skills that demonstrate transferable skills, Previous care experience preferably in a health care setting
Desirable
- Recent relevant experience
- Level 3 NVQ
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
