Healthcare Assistant

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust and Charity; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Liverpool is looking for a Healthcare Assistant to assist registered nurses in providing nursing care. The successful candidate will need NVQ Level 2 in healthcare, and will support patient care while promoting health and safety in a collaborative environment. This position is fixed-term for 12 months and offers a salary of £24,465 per year.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar care environment.
• Understanding of quality and change in the clinical setting.
• Ability to handle sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy.

Responsibilities

• Assist the registered nurse in planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
• Promote health and safety within the workplace.
• Support people's equality, diversity and rights.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Patient care

Basic IT skills

Education

NVQ Level 2 qualification in healthcare

Job description

Job Summary

Please note this position will not include sponsorship

Assist the registered nurse in the planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care. Work collaboratively and co-operatively with others to meet the needs of patients and their relatives/carers. To practice competently, you must possess the knowledge, skills and abilities required for lawful, safe and effective practice without direct supervision. You must acknowledge the limits of your professional competence and only undertake practice and accept responsibilities for those activities in which you are competent; this includes the use of medical equipment.

Main duties of the job

Clinical With appropriate training undertake clinical skills

Health and Safety To promote, monitor and maintain health and safety of self and others within the workplace as per Trust Health & Safety Policy. To promote security of self, others and property within the work place as per Trust policy. To use in a proper and safe manner the equipment/facilities provided and report any concerns. To refrain from the wilful misuse of or interference with anything provided which might endanger you or others. To report all equipment hazards and defects and take out of use. To report all accidents and near misses and ensure that Datix are completed. To maintain and promote Trust policy of safe disposal of hazardous and nonhazardous waste.

Managerial / Leadership Contribute to effective team working. To maintain and promote confidentiality of information as per Trust policy.

Education and Development Develop own skills and knowledge. To attend and participate in mandatory study day. To have an annual appraisal as per Trust policy.

Patient Care Support people's equality, diversity and rights. Promote best practice. Convey a positive image of self and the Trust at all times. Ensure compliance with policies, procedures and clinical guidelines for self and others. Participate in clinical audits as required. Minimise risk to patients, staff and others by adhering to Trust Risk

About Us

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.

With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.

Details

Date posted: 23 October 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 2

Salary: £24,465 a year per annum

Contract: Fixed term

Duration: 12 months

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 160-7526377

Job locations

The Walton Centre, Liverpool, L9 7LB

Job Description

Job responsibilities: Please see the job description and person specification document for detailed information about the job description for this vacancy.

Person Specification

Essential

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 2 qualification in healthcare
• Willingness to undertake further study

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience in a similar care environment
• Experience of working as part of a team.
• To have awareness of their role in the hospital setting

Skills and Attributes

• Understanding of quality and change in the clinical setting.
• Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding
• Able to present information and refer questions to others where appropriate.
• Able to deal with sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy.
• An understanding of prioritising nurse care.
• Basic IT skills in email
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the health care setting
• Ability to maintain confidentiality

Other

• Able to undertake a wide range of duties
• Demonstrate an understanding of how to behave in a clinical environment
• Participation in flexible work patterns to suit the needs of the service

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: The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, The Walton Centre, Liverpool, L9 7LB. Employer's website: https://www.thewaltoncentre.nhs.uk/

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