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The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs
Posted 22 day(s) ago
Reference: 2336277
Job summary
The Northern Cancer Centre Carlisle specialises in the care of people with oncological and haematological cancers. with two busy chemotherapy suites in North and West Cumbria. This post is for predominantly Carlisle Cover.
You will be enthusiastic and have a desire to develop your knowledge and skills, be able to deliver care to the highest standard and have excellent communication skills. You should be competent in coordinating your day to day workload, able to manage your time effectively , work well as a team member and have excellent communication skills. If you believe you have the skills required to fulfil this role we would like to hear from you.- Interview Date 28 September 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 of the information before applying for the vacancy
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
- Assisting with minor procedures and carrying out venepuncture, chaperoning
- Assisting the qualified nursing team as required
- Patient observation
- Ensuring cleanliness standards are maintained
- Supporting patients
- Team Working and excellent communication Skills
- Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for all essential and desirable criteria required for the role.
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.
With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:
- Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
- Freeman Hospital
- Newcastle Dental Hospital
- Cramlington Manor Walks
- Urgent treatment centres
- 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
Details
Date posted
11 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£25,760 to £27,476 a year pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
317-2026-37-26-DR
Job locations
Northern Cancer Centre Carlisle
Newtown Road
317 Northern Cancer Centre Carlisle
CA2 7HY
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To abide by Trust policies and procedures
- To assist the Registered Nurses or other registered health care practitioners in providing high quality patient care
- Maintain patients privacy and dignity at all times
- Be an effective part of the multi-disciplinary team contributing to the departmental objectives.
- Continue to develop and maintain competencies in nursing tasks to maintain high quality safe care.
Whilst Newcastle Hospitals are a forward thinking and highly innovative organisation, the use of Third-Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual application or to the recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To abide by Trust policies and procedures
- To assist the Registered Nurses or other registered health care practitioners in providing high quality patient care
- Maintain patients privacy and dignity at all times
- Be an effective part of the multi-disciplinary team contributing to the departmental objectives.
- Continue to develop and maintain competencies in nursing tasks to maintain high quality safe care.
Whilst Newcastle Hospitals are a forward thinking and highly innovative organisation, the use of Third-Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual application or to the recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to maintain and improve knowledge, skills and competence to ensure high standards of patient care
- Ability to carry out routine elements of assessment to enhance the patient / client journey, following an initial assessment by a registered practitioner
- Ability to meet basic care needs of patients
- Understanding of confidentiality
Desirable
- Understanding of basic safeguarding
Skills
Essential
- Basic IT skills
- Ability to be responsible for own development, identifying training needs, set personal objectives and attend appropriate training as agreed by line manager
- Ability to initiate emergency action when required e.g. Cardiac arrest, Fire
Desirable
- Competent in physical skills - blood pressure, recording ECGs, blood glucose, phlebotomy etc
Experience
Essential
- Ability to plan, prioritise own and delegated work tasks and activities
- Previous experience / consolidation of practice as a HCA (evidence of knowledge attained at level 3 using the Qualifications and Credit Framework)
Desirable
- Experience of Hospital PAS / eRecord systems - making appointments, registration etc
- Previous experience within speciality
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 in appropriate subject (or on pathway) or equivalent qualification / experience
- GCSE in Maths and English at Grades 3-1 (or D-G or Functional/Key Skills Level 1)
- Completion of a Trust or other HCA development programme
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to maintain and improve knowledge, skills and competence to ensure high standards of patient care
- Ability to carry out routine elements of assessment to enhance the patient / client journey, following an initial assessment by a registered practitioner
- Ability to meet basic care needs of patients
- Understanding of confidentiality
Desirable
- Understanding of basic safeguarding
Skills
Essential
- Basic IT skills
- Ability to be responsible for own development, identifying training needs, set personal objectives and attend appropriate training as agreed by line manager
- Ability to initiate emergency action when required e.g. Cardiac arrest, Fire
Desirable
- Competent in physical skills - blood pressure, recording ECGs, blood glucose, phlebotomy etc
Experience
Essential
- Ability to plan, prioritise own and delegated work tasks and activities
- Previous experience / consolidation of practice as a HCA (evidence of knowledge attained at level 3 using the Qualifications and Credit Framework)
Desirable
- Experience of Hospital PAS / eRecord systems - making appointments, registration etc
- Previous experience within speciality
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 in appropriate subject (or on pathway) or equivalent qualification / experience
- GCSE in Maths and English at Grades 3-1 (or D-G or Functional/Key Skills Level 1)
- Completion of a Trust or other HCA development programme
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 details
Employer name
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Northern Cancer Centre Carlisle
Newtown Road
317 Northern Cancer Centre Carlisle
CA2 7HY
United Kingdom
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Employer details
Employer name
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Northern Cancer Centre Carlisle
Newtown Road
317 Northern Cancer Centre Carlisle
CA2 7HY
United Kingdom