Nursing Assistant/Theatre Support Practitioner

An opportunity has arisen for flexible, highly motivated individuals to join the theatre team at North Tyneside General Hospital, working with and supporting the Nursing and Medical team. Previous theatre experience is not essential as there is a comprehensive training programme in place, however previous experience in a care environment is essential.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received

To support qualified staff in provision of care to patients in the operating theatre, incorporating clerical and cleaning duties.

To work with qualified theatre team members to assist in the safe provision of services to the patient.

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, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres.

We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional exper

ience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nichola Gray Job title: Theatre Team Manager Email address: nichola.gray@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0191 2934168