Healthcare Assistant Ward 8b | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

ward 8b is a mixed ward with 3 specialities which include

Palliative Care, General Medicine & Haematology.

we currently have a excellent opportunity for band 3 secondment to join the ward 8b team to cover maternity leave for 12 month.

This post involves shift work over 7 days including days nights weekends.

As Band 3 Health Care assistant duties will include supporting the registered nursing teams in providing patient care, clinical duties such as assisting patients with extended personal hygiene needs, meeting patients nutritional needs, including completing risk assessments and implementing plans of care.

Pressure area care delivery and wound assessment and wound dressings. Undertaking observations, supporting new and junior members of staff, as well as venepuncture, cannulation and catheterization .

At the direction of the Registered Nurse participate fully in the delivery of planned nursing care and following competency assessment use advanced clinical skills Participate in the ongoing assessment of patients care needsAssist the RGN in the evaluation of care and maintain accurate patients charts as appropriate

Involve patients and carers/relatives in the delivery of care.

Provide reassurance support to patients and carers/families.

Recognise and respond appropriately to difficult situations.

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 Hospitalis 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.

Participate in the ongoing assessment of patients care needs

Assist the RGN in the evaluation of care and maintain accurate patients charts as appropriate

Involve patients and carers/relatives in the delivery of care.

communication skills are essential also Basic Computer Skills.

This advert closes on Tuesday 10 Nov 2026