Nursing Assistant

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; North Shields; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in North Shields seeks Nursing Assistants Band 3 for Ward 25 at North Tyneside General Hospital. The role entails providing both direct and indirect patient care, maintaining high clinical standards, and supporting a multidisciplinary team. Candidates should demonstrate excellent communication skills and a commitment to safe patient care. Flexibility to work varying shifts is essential. Join a forward-thinking organization that values staff experience and offers a commitment to high-quality care.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar healthcare setting is desirable but not essential.
• Ability to work as part of a dynamic nursing team.

Responsibilities

• Plan, implement and evaluate nursing care.
• Assist qualified nursing staff in high-quality patient care.
• Maintain high clinical standards.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Commitment to safe and high-quality care

Flexibility and adaptability

Job description

Nursing Assistants Band 3 - Ward 25 Sub Acute / Respiratory Ward North Tyneside

An exciting opportunity has arisen on Ward 25 North Tyneside General Hospital. We require a nursing assistant to join our team.

We are looking for experienced candidates who have commitment to ensuring safe and high quality care is delivered to our patients, as well as being a role model and supporting other members of the multidisciplinary team.

You will be expected to work as part of a dynamic nursing team, delivering all aspects of care to patients and have excellent communication skills. Previous experience in a similar setting is desirable but not essential. This post will be rotational between day/night shift and cover seven days a week. The post holder is expected to be flexible and adaptable to the changing needs of the trust. You are also expected to work shifts (early, late and nights).

Note: Candidates who have applied for this position within the last 6 months are kindly requested not to reapply. Please note this vacancy may close prior to the closing date as soon as the required number of applications have been received.

Responsibilities

• The main purpose of the role is to plan, implement and evaluate nursing care working as a member of the multidisciplinary team under the supervision of the nurses and the ward manager.
• 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.

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.

Clinical Duties

• 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 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.

This advert closes on Thursday 29 Jan 2026.