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Employer: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Job Title: Nursing Assistant
Location: United Kingdom
Salary: £25,760 – £27,476 per annum
Job Type: Full-time & Part-time
Closing Date: 11/10/2026 23:59
What the Northumbria Way Means for You
Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). 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 and, this is…the Northumbria Way!
What the Northumbria Way means for you:
- Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to the Northumbria Healthcare specialist Wellbeing Hub
- Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
- A range of flexible working opportunities
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
- Opportunities to improve your professional development through the Northumbria Healthcare vast training programmes
- Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank
- Northumbria Healthcare work closely with Kids First Nurseries that are based within the Northumbria Healthcare trust grounds at Wansbeck, North Tyneside and Hexham hospitals to care for the Northumbria Healthcare Trust family’s children, they offer care for children from 6 weeks old up to 4 years. There are a number of funding options run by the government to help working parents, including Early Years Funding and Tax Free Childcare.
Flexible working offers choice in where, when, and how Northumbria Healthcare work, ensuring patients remain at the heart of all Northumbria Healthcare do. It’s open to everyone, and Northumbria Healthcare aim to find solutions that work for both you and the organisation. All arrangements must be reasonable and balanced to maintain safe and effective patient care.
Northumbria Healthcare are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Northumbria Healthcare provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Northumbria Healthcare teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Northumbria Healthcare hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community Northumbria Healthcare deliver a wide range of community and public health services.
Northumbria Healthcare lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched the Community Promise – a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people’s lives, such as education, employment and the economy.
If Northumbria Healthcare sounds like somewhere you could belong Northumbria Healthcare would love to hear from you. Visit the Northumbria Healthcare website to catch up on the latest news.
Whilst Northumbria Healthcare are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of Northumbria Healthcare Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, Northumbria Healthcare may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.
Job Overview
Northumbria Healthcare are looking to recruit highly motivated, enthusiastic individuals, who can cope with a high-pressured clinical environment. Good interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills are required to work on ward 12 at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital. People with a passion for wanting to learn how to provide the highest standards of care are encouraged to apply.
Candidates must demonstrate a compassionate and caring attitude towards their patients and be able to deliver high standard of care. Candidates must possess good communication and organisational skills.
You must be willing to work flexible hours to meet the service needs of Northumbria Healthcare patients which includes rotation between days and nights.
Please note Northumbria Healthcare 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 work under the supervision of a qualified nurse and assist in the implementation of patient care both direct and non-direct.
- To provide and promote high quality care under the guidance of a qualified healthcare professional.
- Undertake a range of delegated clinical care duties in hospital.
- Record patient observations and changes to patient clinical conditions.
Working for Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Northumbria Healthcare 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 your application.
Detailed Job Description and Main 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 ward environment.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous care experience in a health or social care setting
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of completed competencies aligned to the service area
- Customer Care course
Qualifications / Professional Registration
Essential criteria
- 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
Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and those who have been looked after by the care system as a child or young person (for example, in foster care, children’s homes, kinship or local authority care) who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust’s interview guarantee scheme.
Diversity and Inclusion
Northumbria Healthcare recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. Northumbria Healthcare welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. Northumbria Healthcare particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in the Northumbria Healthcare workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. Northumbria Healthcare are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Northumbria Healthcare have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and Northumbria Healthcare are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling the HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2.
Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.
Make sure to read the ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before joining the Northumbria Healthcare fantastic trust!
Certificate of Sponsorship
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust proudly hold a sponsor licence. In order to provide sponsorship you and the role you are applying for must meet UKVI eligibility requirements. Please check your eligibility prior to submitting an application. Skilled Worker visa: Overview – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.
How to Apply
If you’re interested in this role, visit the company’s official website for more information — click here to submit your application.