Health Care Assistant Cottingham, East Midlands, England
Job description
The Elective Orthopaedic/Neurosurgery unit is looking to recruit highly motivated and enthusiastic auxiliary nurses to Ward 9 Castle Hill Hospital.
The successful candidates will be responsible for supporting the registered nursing team in providing direct high quality patient care.
You will work under the supervision of the Ward Sister and in partnership with the registered nursing team.
The hours of work will include 24/7 internal rotation through days and nights.
You must be able to demonstrate good communication skills, both verbal and written, have a flexible approach to working and previous evidence of effective team working. Experience of working within a care setting is essential.
The successful applicants will have the opportunity to develop their skills in orthopaedic nursing. A willingness to become link nurses in specific areas of patient care e.g. Dementia, Nutrition, Infection Prevention is essential.
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust strongly encourages new starters to have the Covid-19 vaccine. However, it is not a mandatory requirement to work for us.
HUTH has two main sites: Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital with an annual budget of approximately £800 million. The Trust employs around 11,000 staff and serves an extended population of 1.25 million, delivering a number of outpatient services from locations across the area.
The Trust’s secondary care service portfolio is comprehensive, covering the major medical and surgical specialties, routine and specialist diagnostic services and other clinical support services. These services are provided primarily to a catchment population of approximately 600,000 in the Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire area.
HUTH provides specialist and tertiary services to a population of 1.25 million extending from Scarborough in North Yorkshire to Grimsby and Scunthorpe in North East and North Lincolnshire respectively.
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
