Healthcare Assistant - Ophthalmology

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

A major healthcare provider in Liverpool is seeking a part-time Healthcare Assistant for the Ophthalmology unit. The successful candidate will support the Macular service team, providing high standards of patient care. A willingness to undertake NVQ level 3 and previous hospital experience at NVQ level 2 are essential for this role. The salary ranges from £24,937 to £26,598 pro rata.

Qualifications

• Willingness and capability to undertake NVQ level 3.
• Demonstrable experience in hospital setting working at NVQ level 2.
• Reputation for high standard of patient care.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal hygiene and grooming.
• Provide toileting needs while maintaining privacy.
• Handle movement and patient handling safely.
• Obtain specimens for testing.
• Dressing of non-complex wounds as per care plan.
• Prepare patients for treatments and investigations.
• Observe clinical observations and report to nursing staff.

Skills

Interpersonal relationships

Basic computer skills

Education

NVQ level 3

Job description

Healthcare Assistant - Ophthalmology

The closing date is 17 November 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Health Care Assistant to join our Macular service within St Paul's at the Royal Liverpool Hospital on a part-time basis. The successful candidate will have experience within a hospital Ophthalmology unit and experience with Macular patients undergoing intravitreal injections.

PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY

Main duties of the job

The role will include general health care as well as assisting the specialist nurse practitioners and medical staff within the macular service. The successful candidate must have excellent communication skills, attention to detail and be able to work on a variety of IT systems.

Working under the supervision of a registered nurse, the post holder will assist the Macular Service Department team in providing the highest possible standard of care for patients and their families/carers. The post holder will undertake a range of tasks and duties as delegated by a registered nurse.

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.

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.

Job responsibilities

• Participate in all aspects of patient care with particular attention to personal hygiene and grooming.
• Provide toileting needs, ensuring privacy and dignity is maintained.
• Carry out movement and handling within safe practice guidelines from mandatory training and patient manual handling plan.
• Obtain specimens from patients for testing.
• Remove cannulae, catheters and nasogastric tubes.
• Undertake dressing of non-complex wounds in accordance with identified competencies and plan of care.
• Prepare and maintain environments for clinical treatments and investigations.
• Prepare patients for treatments, investigations or procedures, offering support and answering questions appropriate to own knowledge/experience.
• Collect blood products from laboratory as requested.
• Chaperone and escort patients to clinical departments within the hospital and to other hospitals for investigations.
• Assist registered nurse in performing last offices.
• Observe general and clinical observations of patients, reporting any untoward events to registered nursing staff.
• Record blood pressure, pulse, temperature, respiration rate, oxygen saturation; undertake blood glucose monitoring, venepuncture and/or cannulation upon the direction of the registered nurse.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Demonstrates a willingness & capability to undertake NVQ level 3.

Experience

• Demonstrable experience in hospital setting working at NVQ level 2.

Knowledge

• Reputation for high standard of patient care.

Skills

• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the healthcare setting.
• Basic computer skills.

Other

• Supportive of colleagues and patients.

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

£24,937 to £26,598 a year pro rata