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Job summary

Main area
Orthopaedics
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent: Rotational days and nights.
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Days and nights.)
Job ref
287-ASUR-113-24
Employer
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Aintree Hospital
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£22,816 - £24,336 Per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/07/2024 23:59

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Healthcare Assistant - Trauma Orthopaedics

Band 3

Job overview

We have a vacancy for a Band 3 Health Care Assistant to join the team on Ward 31 at Aintree.

This is a busy ward  for patients requiring trauma orthopaedic surgery. Pre operative and post-operative care will be a key role as well as support with rehabilitation post surgery and getting the patient ready for discharge.

We are looking for experienced Health Care Assistants to join our team.

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 may close early once sufficient applications have been received**

**From 4th April 2024 the minimum salary requirement for a skilled visa increases to £23,200. We strongly encourage applicants who require sponsorship to review the eligibility criteria at https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.**

Main duties of the job

  • 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.
  • 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.

Working for our organisation

 Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf

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Detailed job description and main 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 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 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrates a willingness & capability to undertake NVQ level 3

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable experience in hospital setting working at NVQ level 2

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Reputation for high standard of patient care

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the Healthcare setting
  • Basic Computer Skills

Other

Essential criteria
  • Supportive of colleagues and patients

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Fair Employment Charter Status - Aspiring LevelNHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleInvestors in PeopleArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident committedStep into health

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Leah Williams
Job title
Ward Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0151 529 2194
Additional information

For further information or to arrange an informal visit please
contact:

Leah Williams - Ward Manager

0151 529 2194 

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