Band 3 Healthcare Assistant

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Acute Cardiac Care Unit

X1 Permanent Band 3 Post 34.5. Hours per week (including days/nights/weekends/bank holidays)

An exciting opportunity has arisen on ACCU for a permanent Band 3 post.

ACCU is a fast paced, 14 bed cardiac monitored unit, caring for a variety of stable and unstable cardiac patients and high dependency patients.

The successful application will be enthusiastic and hard working. They should have excellent communication skills and be able to work as part of a team. They will be expected to assist the nursing staff in their duties to deliver excellent care to our patients including blood sugar monitoring, observations, venepuncture and cannulation.They are also required to display the Trust values and behaviours to a high standard

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a caring and compassionate individual who delivers exceptional patient care.

As a healthcare on ACCU you will be expected to ensure that all the basic needs of the patients are met. This includes washing, dressing, toileting, assisting with feeding and ensuring their comfort at all times. You will be expected to ensure the safety of the patients by repositioning and reducing the risk of falls on the ward. It is essential that you have a good bed side manner and have excellent communication skills so that you can communicate effectively with patients, relatives and other staff members.

As a band 3 healthcare you will be expected to work closely with the nursing staff assisting in simple dressings, observation and blood sugar monitoring, venepuncture, cannulation and catheterisation once the appropriate training has been given.

About us

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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Date posted

07 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

287-AMED-96-24

Job locations

LUHFT AINTREE SITE

LOWER LANE LIVERPOOL

Liverpool

L9 7AL

Job description

Job responsibilities

Promoting and delivering exceptional patient care.

Working alongside the nursing staff to ensure excellent care is given to our patients through monitoring of observations and blood sugars.

Providing exceptional, holistic care to the patients.

Accurate and timely documentation.

Ensuring patients skin integrity is maintained at all times.

Reducing the risk of patient falls on the ward.

Compliance in mandatory training.

To ensure the safety, privacy and dignity of patients at all times.

Act as a champion for an area of nursing, for example tissue viability, dementia, ANTT, and attend study days to feedback information to the ward staff.

Ensuring the ward is clean and maintained at all times.

Ensuring the equipment on the ward is well maintained.

Venepuncture, cannulation and catheterisation.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Promoting and delivering exceptional patient care.

Working alongside the nursing staff to ensure excellent care is given to our patients through monitoring of observations and blood sugars.

Providing exceptional, holistic care to the patients.

Accurate and timely documentation.

Ensuring patients skin integrity is maintained at all times.

Reducing the risk of patient falls on the ward.

Compliance in mandatory training.

To ensure the safety, privacy and dignity of patients at all times.

Act as a champion for an area of nursing, for example tissue viability, dementia, ANTT, and attend study days to feedback information to the ward staff.

Ensuring the ward is clean and maintained at all times.

Ensuring the equipment on the ward is well maintained.

Venepuncture, cannulation and catheterisation.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Demonstrate willingness and capability to work towards NVQ Level 3

Knowledge

Essential

Reputation for high standard of patient care

Skills

Essential

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

Other

Essential

Supportive of colleagues and patients

Experience

Essential

Experience working in a hospital setting at NVQ Level 2

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Demonstrate willingness and capability to work towards NVQ Level 3

Knowledge

Essential

Reputation for high standard of patient care

Skills

Essential

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

Other

Essential

Supportive of colleagues and patients

Experience

Essential

Experience working in a hospital setting at NVQ Level 2

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.