Healthcare Assistant - 1A Frailty

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a part-time Healthcare Assistant for the 1A Frailty ward on the Royal site. The role requires previous caring experience, handling personal care, and ensuring patient dignity.

Applicants should read the full job description and submit a comprehensive personal statement. The post is on a part-time basis with rotation between day and night shifts; closing date is 11 November 2026.

Qualifications

• Willingness to undertake NVQ level 2.
• Previous experience in a caring role.
• Basic computer skills and hospital setting knowledge.
• Ability to communicate clearly in writing and speech.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients with hygiene and personal care, including toileting aids and catheter bags.
• Provide comfort and support to patients, ensuring privacy and dignity at all times.
• Assist with meals, feeding, and menu choices as required; liaise with catering on patient meal numbers.
• Support mobility and daily activities under supervision, following care plans and safety guidelines.

Skills

NVQ Level 2

Caring experience

Job description

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Healthcare Assistant - 1A Frailty

The closing date is 11 November 2026

Band 2s will not be eligible for sponsorship as these roles will not meet the required skill level (RQF 3 or A level and above), despite having their salary increase

1A Frailty is a 12 bedded Frailty unit providing excellent care to our elderly patients. This is a fantastic opportunity for a band 2 health care assistant to join the team on Ward AIFU on the Royal site. This is a part time post rotational days and nights; previous experience is essential

Applicants advised to read the job description fully and to provide a comprehensive personal statement.

PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY

Band 2s will not be eligible for sponsorship as these roles will not meet the required skill level (RQF 3 or A level and above), despite having their salary increased

Main duties of the job

Applicants advised to read the job description fully and to provide a comprehensive personal statement.

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit theircareers page.

Job responsibilities

Assist patients in meeting their hygiene needs and carry out all aspects ofpersonal care and grooming (to include emptying catheter bags). Provision of patients toileting needs, ensuring privacy and dignity ismaintained. Support of patients in managing incontinence. Measures patients fluid intake and output using fluid balance charts andreports information to Registered nurse Preparation and serving of patients meals, drinks and snacks. Assisting /feeding patients as necessary. Assist patients in completing menu forms and liaise with the CateringDepartment with regard to the number of meals needed. Reports patients dietary intake as indicated in the patients plan of care Carry out any movement and handling within the safe practice guidelines frommandatory training and in relation to the patients manual handling plan. Enable patients to maintain/improve their mobility by use of exercise andmobility appliances as directed by individual care plans. Assist in the prevention of pressure sore development as directed by theRegistered nurse in conjunction with the patients plan of care. Obtaining specimens from patients for ward or laboratory testing. Escorting patients to clinical departments within the hospital Assist Registered Nurse in performing last offices. General observations of patients, reporting anything untoward to Registered

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Demonstrates a willingness & capability to undertake NVQ level 2

Experience

• Previous experience in a caring role

Knowledge

• Suitable experience in a hospital setting
• Basic Computer Skills

Skills

• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the Healthcare setting

Other

• Ability to communicate clearly in written & spoken word

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.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust