Healthcare Assistant

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Liverpool seeks a Band 3 Orthopaedics Healthcare Assistant to support patient care and clinical duties in a multidisciplinary team. Responsibilities include assisting patients with personal care, monitoring vital signs, and ensuring accurate documentation. The ideal candidate will have experience in a hospital setting and good communication skills. This role promotes a diverse workforce and is subject to a DBS check.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing patient care and support.
• Ability to assist with personal care tasks.
• Clinical duties related to monitoring and documenting patients' conditions.

Responsibilities

• Support patients with personal care and rehabilitation.
• Take vital signs and report changes in patients' conditions.
• Maintain documentation of care given.

Skills

Good communication and interpersonal skills

Compassion

Understanding of infection prevention and control

Teamworking

Basic computer skills

Education

Demonstrable experience in hospital setting working at NVQ level 2

Willingness & capability to undertake NVQ level 3

Job description

A Band 3 Orthopaedics Healthcare Assistant works as part of a multidisciplinary team to support the care, treatment, and recovery of patients with musculoskeletal conditions, fractures, or post-surgical needs. The role involves both direct patient care and clinical support duties, under the supervision of registered nurses and other healthcare professionals.

• Patient Care & Support
• Assist patients with personal care (washing, dressing, toileting, mobility).
• Support patients before and after orthopaedic procedures.
• Encourage independence and promote rehabilitation.
• Clinical Duties
• Take and record vital signs (blood pressure, temperature, pulse, oxygen saturation).
• Carry out routine observations and report changes in patients' conditions.
• Support in applying and monitoring mobility aids, splints, or casts (under supervision).
• Assist with wound care, dressings, and monitoring post-operative sites.
• Chaperone patients during medical examinations.
• Ward & Team Support
• Prepare beds, equipment, and materials for admissions and procedures.
• Assist registered staff with plaster room or theatre support (if trained).
• Maintain accurate documentation of care given.
• Work closely with physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and nurses to aid patient recovery.
• Patient Wellbeing
• Provide reassurance and emotional support to patients and families.
• Promote infection control, dignity, and safeguarding principles.
• Encourage mobility and rehabilitation exercises as instructed by physiotherapy staff.
• The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Compassion, patience, and resilience.
• Understanding of infection prevention and control.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced, sometimes physically demanding environment.
• Basic clinical knowledge relevant to orthopaedic care.
• Teamworking and the ability to follow instructions while using initiative.
• Demonstrates a willingness & capability to undertake NVQ level 3.
• Demonstrable experience in hospital setting working at NVQ level 2.
• Reputation for high standard of patient care.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the Healthcare setting.
• Basic Computer Skills; Supportive of colleagues and patients.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community.