Critical Care Support
The closing date is 21 December 2025
This role incorporates equipment maintenance, monitoring and ordering of department stock items, assisting registered nurses with the provision of patient care, assistance in administration and clerical duties.
* Interview Date: 15th January 2026
* 37 hours 30 minutes/week
* You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all information before applying.
Main duties of the job
Ward 38 Critical Care has 18 intensive care beds and a co-located specialist cubicle for critically unwell burns patients.
We can offer skills and experience in:
* Burns & Plastics
* Respiratory/Home Ventilation
* Infectious Diseases
* Obstetrics
* Emergency Medical & Surgical Admissions
We can offer:
* An excellent structured preceptorship supported by supernumerary period.
* Regular study and learning opportunities working with Clinical Educators in the clinical area
* Friendly and supportive workplace (Clinical supervision in operation)
* Basic IT skills
* Ability to communicate with members of the public and healthcare providers
* Ability to work effectively under direct supervision, as part of the multi-disciplinary team
About us
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
* Freeman Hospital
* Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
* Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
* Newcastle Dental Hospital
* Newcastle Fertility Centre
* Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
* Northern Genetics Service
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting‑edge care (supported by state‑of‑the‑art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job responsibilities
* Post holder will be expected to contribute to housekeeping and other ward/department duties as required, e.g., general tidiness, re‑determined stock levels are met and clinical equipment is clean, working and stored correctly.
* To abide by Trust policies and procedures.
* To assist the registered nurses (or other healthcare practitioners) in providing high quality patient care and report any concerns regarding the patient's condition to the qualified nurse.
* Maintain patients privacy and dignity at all times and provide care in a compassionate and sensitive manner.
* Be an effective part of the multi‑disciplinary team contributing to the departmental objectives.
* Maintaining a safe, clean and comfortable environment for the patients, their families and visitors.
* Actively contribute to the provision of nutrition of the patients on the Ward/Department.
* Assist with admin & clerical duties as required.
Person Specification
Knowledge
* Ability to maintain and improve knowledge, skills and competence to ensure high standards of patient care.
* Ability to meet basic care needs of patients.
* Understanding of confidentiality.
* Basic knowledge of Infection Prevention and Control.
* Understanding of basic food hygiene concepts.
* Understanding of basic safeguarding.
* An understanding of working in the NHS.
Skills
* Basic IT skills.
* Ability to be responsible for own development, identifying training needs, setting personal objectives and attending appropriate training as agreed by line manager.
* Ability to initiate emergency action when required e.g., Cardiac arrest, Fire.
Experience
* Ability to plan, prioritise own and delegated work tasks and activities.
* Experience of caring in a health care setting.
Qualifications
* NVQ Level 2 in appropriate subject (or on pathway) or equivalent qualification/experience in care or domestic work.
* GCSEs in English and Maths at Grades 3-1 (or D-G or Level 1 Functional/Key Skills).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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