Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Health Care Assistant - General Medicine Ward 1A

The closing date is 16 December 2025

Job summary

Exciting opportunities have arisen on Ward 1A General Medical in-patient ward. We are seeking highly motivated and enthusiastic workforce, with a passion for excellence within the delivery of patient care.

Ward 1A is a 37 bedded General Medical ward, the role will involve shift rotation and a team approach to working effectively as part of the multi-disciplinary team.

If you are the individual for this role and are also flexible, supportive and ready for an exciting new experience please apply.

It is expected that the successful candidate will have experience in an acute medical area but this is not necessary.

Main duties of the job

1. Undertake personal care duties for patients within the care setting accessing supervision from registered healthcare practitioner. Personal care refers to delivery of personal hygiene and assisting with feeding, not requiring clinical skills.

2. Record patient's personal care information in accordance with local and trust policies.

3. Work with all members of the multi-disciplinary team to deliver the Trust's vision and values providing safe, high quality compassionate, person-centred care.

4. Demonstrate ward routine to new employees in own work area, where required.

About us

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Date posted

09 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

9 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

409-7361365-A

Job locations

Whiston Hospital

Warrington Road

Prescot

L35 5DR

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find attached Job Description and Person Specification for main responsibilities and requirements

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find attached Job Description and Person Specification for main responsibilities and requirements

Person Specification

Our Values

Essential

We are Kind
We are Open
We are Inclusive

Qualifications

Essential

Completion of Trust Care Certificate within 4 months of appointment
Basic literacy and numeracy skills

Desirable

NVQ level 2 Health and Social Care or equivalent
Care Certificate (equivalent to level 1)

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Knowledge of personal care and related procedures
Experience of working in a team

Desirable

Experience of working in a patient care/health related role

Skills

Essential

Ability to communicate effectively in both verbal and written formats
Good interpersonal skills
Able to work within a team
Able to accept direction and guidance
Aware of own limitations
Flexible in working hours
Able to prioritise own workload and manage time effectively
Flexible, adaptable and responsive to change
Reliable and professional
Ability to cope in stressful and challenging situations
Inclusive and non-judgmental
Punctual, motivated and committed
Effective role model demonstrating Trust values
Basic IT skills

Other

Essential

Frequent, moderate effort for several short periods during the shift such as manual handling patients to supporting patients personal care
Occasional requirement for concentration, with few competing demands for attention
Aware that developing resilience to distressing situations is necessary without losing the ability to care compassionately
Aware of the process for accessing staff health and wellbeing support
Occasional exposure to distressing situations which may care of chronic health conditions, patient end of life care/ care after death
Able to carry out direct personal care as required on ward or department
Frequent exposure to blood or body fluids
Occasional exposure to patients with challenging behaviours

Person Specification

Our Values

Essential

We are Kind
We are Open
We are Inclusive

Qualifications

Essential

Completion of Trust Care Certificate within 4 months of appointment
Basic literacy and numeracy skills

Desirable

NVQ level 2 Health and Social Care or equivalent
Care Certificate (equivalent to level 1)

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Knowledge of personal care and related procedures
Experience of working in a team

Desirable

Experience of working in a patient care/health related role

Skills

Essential

Ability to communicate effectively in both verbal and written formats
Good interpersonal skills
Able to work within a team
Able to accept direction and guidance
Aware of own limitations
Flexible in working hours
Able to prioritise own workload and manage time effectively
Flexible, adaptable and responsive to change
Reliable and professional
Ability to cope in stressful and challenging situations
Inclusive and non-judgmental
Punctual, motivated and committed
Effective role model demonstrating Trust values
Basic IT skills

Other

Essential

Frequent, moderate effort for several short periods during the shift such as manual handling patients to supporting patients personal care
Occasional requirement for concentration, with few competing demands for attention
Aware that developing resilience to distressing situations is necessary without losing the ability to care compassionately
Aware of the process for accessing staff health and wellbeing support
Occasional exposure to distressing situations which may care of chronic health conditions, patient end of life care/ care after death
Able to carry out direct personal care as required on ward or department
Frequent exposure to blood or body fluids
Occasional exposure to patients with challenging behaviours

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Whiston Hospital

Warrington Road

Prescot

L35 5DR

Employer's website

https://www.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Whiston Hospital

Warrington Road

Prescot

L35 5DR

Employer's website

https://www.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)