Job summary

Part time permanent post working over 2 days between Monday and Saturday

Ward 4 is a 30 bedded inpatient ward, providing medical care and rehabilitation to older patients and those who have had a stroke.

Ward 4 require an additional Ward Coordinator to work as an integral part of the ward team. You will be responsible for the co-ordination of all patient facilities services in the ward area ensuring a organised, clean, safe and comfortable environment.

The main elements of the role are ensuring the delivery of administrative and the organisation of other specified tasks to meet individual patient needs as determined by the ward manager.

The post holder will be required to monitor quality standards and report deficiencies and take appropriate action.

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

Main duties of the job

ensure services are organised to enable the delivery of safe and high quality patient care

keep all patient/team and ward records up to date

act as the first point of contact to all visitors to the ward, including patients, relatives/carers and MDT members

respond to phone calls from relatives/carers and professionals

monitor, order and put away all ward stocks/equipment

act as a fire warden

contribute to ward audit and service improvements

attend meetings , take minutes and distribute these to the wider team

ensure safe and appropriate referrals as part of the patient discharge pathway

contribute to clinical governance, infections control and ward assurance standards

About us

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