Healthcare Assistant - AUH Ward 4 - Trauma Orthopaedics


Company:	Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£25,760 - £27,476 per annum
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Liverpool, L9 7AL
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	13 Jul 2026
Closing date:	12 Aug 2026

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Summary

A Vacancy at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

We have a various vacancies for Band 3 HCA's to join our teams on Ward 4 at Aintree Hospital.

We are looking for experienced HCA's with NVQ Level 3 to join our nursing teams. There are full and part time posts available.

Main duties are varied but will include assisting patients in preparation for theatre and post operative care.

Monitor observations and escalate any concerns to nurse in charge

Provide assistance with personal care and relieving pressure areas

Support a safe environment working closely with the MDT team to prepare for discharge home after surgery

Provide basic wound care if appropriate

Support registered nurses in the safe delivery of high standards of care

Apply to join us at an excellent established and friendly facility on the Aintree site, Aintree has excellent staff facilities with onsite parking available. Close to the M57 and M62, with good bus and train services nearby.

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 Hospital Foundation Trust.

**Please note this vacancy will close once sufficient applications have been received**

• Assist patients in preparation for theatre and post operative care.

• Monitor observations and escalate any concerns to nurse in charge.

• Provide assistance with personal care and relieving pressure areas

• Support a safe environment working closely with the MDT team to prepare for discharge home after surgery.

• Provide basic wound care if appropriate.

• Support registered nurses in the safe delivery of high standards of care.

• Ensure safeguarding is forefront of patient service delivery.

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.

• The recording of a patient’s fluid intake and output using fluid balance charts.

• 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

This advert closes on Monday 27 Jul 2026

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