Healthcare Assistant - Critical care | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 06 Chwefror 2026 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £24,937 - £26,598 per annum pro rata |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 08 Mawrth 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Liverpool, L9 7AL |
| Cwmni: | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7739993/287-ASUR-14-26 |
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Healthcare Assistant - Critical care
Band 3
Critical care are looking for experienced Band 3 Health Care Assistant to join our team. Critical care at Aintree is a very busy 31 bedded unit we are a major trauma centre and regional service for vascular and head and neck surgery.
The successful applicant should be 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
Under the supervision of a registered nurse assisting the 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
As a Band 3 HCA 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.
You must be flexible days and nights to meet the needs of the ward roster and the safe staffing of our ward.
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• 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.
• Preparation and serving of patient’s meals, drinks and snacks. Assisting / feeding patients as necessary.
• The recording of patient’s dietary intake when indicated in the patient’s 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 patient’s plan of care
• Carry out any movement and handling within the safe practice guidelines from your mandatory training and in relation to the patient’s manual handling plan.
• Obtaining specimens from patients for ward or laboratory testing and safely transporting them.
• Adheres and supports with high standards of infection and prevention control and cleanliness standards appropriate to Critical care
For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description and person specification
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 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.
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.
• 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.
• Preparation and serving of patient’s meals, drinks and snacks. Assisting / feeding patients as necessary.
• The recording of patient’s dietary intake when indicated in the patient’s 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 patient’s plan of care
• Carry out any movement and handling within the safe practice guidelines from your mandatory training and in relation to the patient’s manual handling plan.
• Obtaining specimens from patients for ward or laboratory testing.
Removal of cannula and catheters.
• Adheres and supports with high standards of infection and prevention control and cleanliness standards appropriate to Critical care
• For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description and person specification
This advert closes on Tuesday 10 Feb 2026