Healthcare Assistant - Major Trauma Ward | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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

Job summary

A major healthcare provider in Liverpool is seeking Band 3 health care assistants who are highly motivated and possess good interpersonal skills. The role involves providing personal care, supporting patients with hygiene needs, and ensuring a high standard of care. Successful candidates will work under the supervision of registered nurses and may also assist junior staff. Full and part-time positions are available. This role offers training to develop clinical skills and improve patient care standards.

Qualifications

• High motivation and interpersonal skills required.
• Ability to manage pressure and work within a team.
• Keen desire to maintain high standards of patient care.

Responsibilities

• Participate in all aspects of patient care.
• Support patients with personal hygiene and toileting needs.
• Prepare and serve meals, assisting patients as necessary.
• Record fluid intake and output using charts.
• Assist in managing patient incontinence and promoting continence.
• Enable patients to maintain/improve mobility.
• Undertake dressing of non-complex wounds.
• Ensure patient safety is maintained at all times.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Ability to work under pressure

Desire to provide high standard of care

Job description

Job Summary

Major Trauma ward are looking for Band 3 health care assistants to join our team.

The successful applicant should be highly motivated with good interpersonal skills and be able to work under pressure and work well within the team. They should have a keen desire to provide and maintain a high standard of care at all times.

Key Responsibilities

• Participates in all aspects of patient care with particular attention to personal hygiene and grooming.
• Provision of patients toileting needs, ensuring privacy and dignity is maintained.
• Support of patients in managing incontinence and promotion of continence.
• The recording of a patient’s fluid intake and output using fluid balance charts.
• Preparation and serving of patient’s meals, drinks and snacks. Assisting / feeding patients as necessary.
• The recording of patient’s dietary intake when indicated in the patient’s plan of care.
• Enable patients to maintain/improve their mobility by use of exercise and mobility appliances.
• Assist in the prevention of pressure sore development as directed by the Registered nurse in conjunction with the patient’s plan of care.
• Carry out any movement and handling within the safe practice guidelines from your mandatory training and in relation to the patient’s manual handling plan.
• Obtaining specimens from patients for ward or laboratory testing.
• Removal of cannula and catheters.
• Undertake the dressing of non-complex wounds (in accordance with identified competencies and in conjunction with the plan of care).
• It is paramount that patient safety is maintained at all times.

Training and Supervision

Under the supervision of a registered nurse, the post holder will undertake a range of tasks and duties as delegated. Training will be arranged for you to achieve these clinical skills. As a Band 3 HCA you will be responsible for providing high standards of care and also lead by example and supervise and support junior members of staff to improve and maintain high standards of care.

Employment Details

Full / Part Time Post available.

About the Employer

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 Hospital is 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 Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Additional Information

For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

This advert closes on Saturday 8 Nov 2025.