Healthcare Assistant - Ward 8C

NHS; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking a highly motivated Band 2 Healthcare Assistant to join the team at Royal Liverpool Hospital. Your role will involve providing essential care and support to patients, including hygiene and mobility assistance, under the supervision of nursing staff. This position offers the opportunity to develop your skills in a supportive environment with a commitment to patient care.

Qualifications

• Must undertake NVQ Level 2.
• Essential interpersonal and communication skills.
• Willingness and capability for healthcare tasks.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients with hygiene, personal care, and mobility.
• Monitor fluid intake and output, ensuring patient comfort.
• Support nurses and respond to patient needs.

Skills

Interpersonal relationships

Communication

Education

NVQ Level 2

Job description

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen within palliative care, haematology & 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, including HCAs, RGN's, Deputy Ward Manager, and Ward Manager.

Note: Band 2 roles will not be eligible for sponsorship as they do not meet the required skill level (RQF 3 or A level and above), despite having a salary increase.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of a Band 2 HCA involve assisting the nursing staff within our care group. Responsibilities include caring for patients' activities of daily living, nutrition, hydration, continence needs, promoting activity, and monitoring pressure area care. Documentation on fluid balances and pressure area care is also required.

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 aims to improve the care we provide to 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.

We serve 630,000 people across Merseyside, providing general and emergency hospital care, as well as highly specialised regional services for over 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 several regional services, including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital offers elective surgical, diagnostic, and treatment services, along with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in women's and babies' health, delivering over 7,200 babies annually in the UK's largest single-site maternity hospital. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms, focusing on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women's, please visit their careers page.

Details

• Date posted: 06 June 2025
• Pay scheme: Agenda for Change
• Band: Band 2
• Salary: £24,169 per annum, pro-rata
• Contract: Fixed term
• Duration: 9 months
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 287-RMED-214-25
• Job location: Royal Liverpool Hospital, Mount Vernon Street, Liverpool, L7 8YE

Job description - Responsibilities

• Assist patients with hygiene needs and personal care, including emptying catheter bags.
• Support patients with toileting needs, maintaining privacy and dignity.
• Support in managing incontinence.
• Measure and report patients' fluid intake and output using fluid balance charts to Registered Nurses.
• Prepare patients for mealtimes, ensure proper sitting, and assist with feeding as necessary, including providing snacks during the day and night.
• Carry out moving and handling within safe practice guidelines from mandatory training and patient care plans.
• Assist patients in maintaining or improving mobility using exercises and mobility appliances as directed by care plans.
• Help prevent pressure sore development as directed by registered nurses in conjunction with care plans.
• Obtain specimens from patients for testing.
• Assist nurses with Last Offices.
• Initiate Basic Life Support techniques as appropriate and assist registered nurses.

Person Specification

Qualifications (Essential): Demonstrates a willingness and capability to undertake NVQ Level 2.

Experience (Essential): Suitable work or life experience.

Desirable: Previous experience in a caring role.

Knowledge (Desirable): Basic computer skills.

Skills (Essential): Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in healthcare.

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 1975 (Exceptions Order). A DBS check will be required.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers requiring Skilled Worker sponsorship are welcome. Further information is available on the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, applicants must present a criminal record certificate from each country of residence in the past 10 years if they have resided for 12 months or more cumulatively.

Employer details

Employer: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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

Website: https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/