Job summary
Healthcare Assistant - Sefton Suite Band 3Permanent37.5 hours per weekSefton Suite are looking for Band 3 Health Care Assistant to join our team. The Sefton Suite is a busy surgical ward with 16 beds based at Aintree University Hospital caring for pre and post operative patients.
The successful applicant should be an experienced band 2/3 HCA, 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.
You must be flexible days and nights to meet the needs of the ward roster and the safe staffing of our ward.
***From 4thApril 2024 the minimum salary requirement for a skilled visa increases to £23,200. We strongly encourage applicants who require sponsorship to review the eligibility criteria athttps://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. ***Please note this vacancy will close once sufficient applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
Under the supervision of a registered nurse assisting the Ward/Department team in providing the highest possible standard of care for patients and their families/carer.
The post holder will take undertake a range of tasks and duties as delegated by a registered nurse.
You will be responsible for providing high standards of care. Your role will involve assisting the nursing staff with some clinical duties. Training will be arranged for you to achieve these skills.Being a Band 3 HCA also means you will lead by example and supervise and support junior members of staff to improve and maintain high standards of care.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf
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Job description
Job responsibilities
For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description and person specificationClinical 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 accurate recording of a patients fluid intake and output using fluid balance charts.
- Preparation and serving of patients meals, drinks and snacks. Assisting / feeding patients as necessary.
- The recording of patients dietary intake when indicated in the patients 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 patients plan of care
- Carry out any movement and handling within the safe practice guidelines from your mandatory training and in relation to the patients 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 in maintained at all times
- Be responsible for maintaining your Mandatory and Role Specific Training.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description and person specificationClinical 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 accurate recording of a patients fluid intake and output using fluid balance charts.
- Preparation and serving of patients meals, drinks and snacks. Assisting / feeding patients as necessary.
- The recording of patients dietary intake when indicated in the patients 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 patients plan of care
- Carry out any movement and handling within the safe practice guidelines from your mandatory training and in relation to the patients 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 in maintained at all times
- Be responsible for maintaining your Mandatory and Role Specific Training.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Demonstrates a willingness a capability to undertake NVQ Level 3
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience in hospital setting working at NVQ Level 2
Knowledge
Essential
- Reputation for high standard of patient care
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Demonstrates a willingness a capability to undertake NVQ Level 3
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience in hospital setting working at NVQ Level 2
Knowledge
Essential
- Reputation for high standard of patient care
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.
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
