Job summary
We are seeking band 3 Healthcare Assistants to the Emergency Department at our Aintree Hospital site. The Aintree site is the Major Trauma Centre for the region.
You will have the opportunity to work in all the areas of the Emergency Department.
We believe in excellent patient care and would like to recruit dynamic individuals who believe in our trust values and will ensure that every patient receives gold standard care.
The workload throughout the department is very varied and interesting with no two days being the same. The successful candidate must be dynamic, possess excellent communication skills, and have a high sense of professionalism and a strong belief in the value of teamwork.
**Please note this vacancy will close once sufficient applications have been received**
Main duties of the job
Exciting opportunities have arisen for band 3 health care assistants in accident and emergency at Aintree Hospital.
We are looking for individuals who are passionate about providing high standards of nursing care and are keen to develop further. You must be a team player who has excellent communication and organisation skills.
To hear about the exciting work we do from our dedicated Trust employees and departments, for a future you could be a part of, please visit our Trust Facebook page by searching Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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. 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 Hospitalis 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 Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
Job description
Job 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 patients fluid intake and output using fluid balance charts
- Preparation and serving of patients meals, drinks and snacks.
- Assisting/feeding patients if 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
- Insertion and removal of cannulae and catheters
- Venepuncture.
- Obtaining observations from patients and liaising with registered nurse.
- Undertake the dressing of non-complex wounds (in accordance with identified competencies and in conjunction with the plan of care)
- Prepare and maintain environments for clinical treatments and investigations
- Prepare patients for treatment, investigations or procedures including offering support, answering questions appropriate to own knowledge/experience and assisting in recovery.
- Collection of blood products from laboratory as requested.
- Chaperoning and escorting patients to clinical departments within the hospital and to other hospitals for investigations. Assist registered nurse in performing last offices
- Reputation for high standard of patient care
- Demonstrates a willingness a capability to undertake NVQ Level 3
Please also refer to the Job Description attached
Job description
Job 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 patients fluid intake and output using fluid balance charts
- Preparation and serving of patients meals, drinks and snacks.
- Assisting/feeding patients if 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
- Insertion and removal of cannulae and catheters
- Venepuncture.
- Obtaining observations from patients and liaising with registered nurse.
- Undertake the dressing of non-complex wounds (in accordance with identified competencies and in conjunction with the plan of care)
- Prepare and maintain environments for clinical treatments and investigations
- Prepare patients for treatment, investigations or procedures including offering support, answering questions appropriate to own knowledge/experience and assisting in recovery.
- Collection of blood products from laboratory as requested.
- Chaperoning and escorting patients to clinical departments within the hospital and to other hospitals for investigations. Assist registered nurse in performing last offices
- Reputation for high standard of patient care
- Demonstrates a willingness a capability to undertake NVQ Level 3
Please also refer to the Job Description attached
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Demonstrate a willingness and capability to undertake NVQ Level 3
Knowledge
Essential
- Reputation for high standard of patient care
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the Healthcare setting
- Basic Computer Skills
Other
Essential
- Supportive of colleagues and patients
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Demonstrate a willingness and capability to undertake NVQ Level 3
Knowledge
Essential
- Reputation for high standard of patient care
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the Healthcare setting
- Basic Computer Skills
Other
Essential
- 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.
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).
