Healthcare Assistant - Ward 8B

Liverpool University Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 2 Healthcare Assistant to join our team in the palliative care, haematology and general medicine groups. You will be supported by HCAs, RGN staff and ward leadership as you develop your HCA skills.

The role includes assisting with daily living activities, hydration and nutrition, and documentation. Band 2 sponsorship is not available, salary is listed under Agenda for Change, and the position is full-time at Royal Liverpool

Qualifications

• Willingness and capability to undertake NVQ Level 2.
• Previous caring experience is desirable but not required.
• Basic computer skills would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients with activities of daily living, including personal care and grooming.
• Support hydration, nutrition and continence needs and promote activity.
• Document fluid balance and report to RN.
• Prepare for meals and assist with feeding as needed.
• Assist with moving and handling within safe practice guidelines.
• Encourage mobility and use of mobility aids as per care plans.
• Help prevent pressure ulcers as directed by the nurse.
• Take specimens as required for ward/lab testing.
• Assist nurses with patient care tasks and basic life support.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Education

NVQ Level 2

Job description

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen within palliative care, haematology and general medicine for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Band 2 HCA to join our team and develop their HCA skills.

You will be supported by all members of the team from HCAs, RGNs, Deputy Ward Manager and Ward Manager.

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.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of a Band 2 HCA is to assist the nursing staff of our care group. The role involves caring for patients activities of daily living, nutrition and hydration and continence needs. Also promoting activity and monitoring pressure area care. Documentation on fluid balances and pressure area care.

About us

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

Details

Closing date: 10 November 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 2

Salary: £25,272 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 287-RMED-410-26-A

Job locations: Royal Liverpool Hospital, Mount Vernon Street, Liverpool, L7 8YE, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• Assist patients in meeting their hygiene needs and carry out all aspects of personal care and grooming (to include emptying catheter bags).
• Provision of patients toileting needs, ensuring privacy and dignity is maintained.
• Support of patients in managing incontinence.
• Measure patients fluid intake and output using fluid balance chart and report information to Registered Nurse.
• Preparation for mealtimes, sitting patients correctly. Ensuring patients are provided with snacks night time and throughout day, assisting/feeding patients as necessary.
• Carry out any moving and handling within the safe practice guidelines from mandatory training and in relation to the patients manual handling plan.
• Enable patients to maintain/improve their mobility by use of exercise and mobility appliances as directed by individual care plans.
• Assist in the prevention of pressure sore development as directed by the Registered Nurse in conjunction with patients plan of care.
• Obtaining specimens from patients for ward or laboratory testing.
• Assisting nurses in last offices.
• Initiate Basic Life Support techniques as appropriate and provide assistance to Registered Nurse.

Person Specification

Qualifications (Essential):

• Demonstrates a willingness and capability to undertake NVQ Level 2

Experience (Essential):

• Suitable work/life experience

Experience (Desirable):

• Previous experience in a caring role

Knowledge (Desirable):

• Basic computer skills

Skills (Essential):

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

Other (Essential):

• Ability to communicate clearly in written and 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

Employer details

Employer name: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Royal Liverpool Hospital, Mount Vernon Street, Liverpool, L7 8YE, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact:

Ward Manager, [e-mail], 01517062448