Job description
Our Trust is a patient centred and visionary organisation; one of five in England who have been chosen to work with Virginia Mason (an inspirational trust classed as one of the safest in the world) on a development programme.
Outpatient services are growing and there has never been a better time to join our team as a Nursing Assistant. We are searching for a person who is passionate about patient care with the enthusiasm and drive to help in the Trusts’ quest to take the busy outpatient services at East Surrey Hospital forward into the future.
You must have excellent communication skills and the ability to adapt to different situations as they arise. You will be part of a nursing support team delivering high quality patient care to the residents of Surrey and Sussex. Ideally you will already have experience working in a caring environment. You will be encouraged to develop your knowledge in nursing support across a variety of specialties and be given the opportunity to gain new skills.
For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:
- Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021
- National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do
- We are in the top 20% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment
- Our staff rate us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts when asked if they would recommend the Trust as a place to work and when asked whether care of patients is the organisation’s top priority
- Our workforce are amongst the most motivated in the country; we achieved the top acute hospital score in the country for staff engagement in the last national staff survey