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Job role: Health Care Assistant
Company name: NHS Jobs
Salary: £24,937.00 to £26,598.00 per year
Job Reference: C9297-25-0275
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About the Job:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for highly motivated healthcare assistants to join the Older Persons Mental Health Service Line, working into our inpatient unit. Theunit is situated in the grounds of The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, and compromises of two wards – Cragside and Sunniside.
The vacancies are for Cragside ward which provides inpatient admission, assessment, treatment and discharge planning to patients who have an Organic illness, and are over the age of 65. The team works closely with Sunniside ward. You would be joining a highly skilled multi-disciplinary team at an exciting time as the unit participates in the NHS England Culture of Care Program.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for caring, empathetic, enthusiastic and motivated individuals, who have a desire to improve the lives of Older People experiencing Mental Health Problems.
You will support the nursing team to deliver the personalised treatment and intervention plans associated with this patient group.
You will have excellent interpersonal skills with a genuine interest in working with patients with Dementia.
You will be required to have a level of fitness that would enable you to undertake training associated with the role.
Gateshead Health NHS, Foundation Trust are committed to lifelong learning and offer support to enhance your knowledge and skills, to further your professional development. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills and experience within a supportive team.
About us
Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.
Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.
We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.
Our values should be the ‘golden thread’ which runs through everything we do – they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronymICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.
We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women’s Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our ‘Balance’ programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.
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