Senior Healthcare Assistant - Liver

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 20 April 2025

Job summary

Are you looking for a motivating and rewarding career? Do you thrive on a challenge and want to make a difference to patients? Come and join our enthusiastic and innovative Gastroenterology team!

Liver cancer is the fastest-rising cause of cancer- related deaths in the UK. The most common form of primary liver cancer is hepatic cellular carcinoma ( HCC) accounting for 85% of all primary liver cancers.

The benefit of HCC US Surveillance is only realised with regular attendance.

Patients who are at risk of HCC come from a wide range of social and economic backgrounds, including those from undeserved communities.

If you are interested in this position, we would love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

The role would include the following, however this is not exhaustive, as this is a new and developing role in the team.

Some of the role would incorporate face to face patient contact, however there is a substantial element that would be computer/ admin based.

Attendance on the clinical van in the community supporting the lead hepatitis nurse to identify cirrhotic patients who will need HCC surveillance.

Performing venepuncture and dry blood spot tests.

Interaction and discussion with patients who may need support to attend 6 monthly ultrasound scans and blood tests, particularly recognizing those patients who come from undeserved communities.

Performing Fibroscan in the community as well as in hepatology clinics in the hospital to identify cirrhotic, at-risk patients.

Assisting the liver nurse with the monitoring of patients who are having hepatic cellular carcinoma surveillance.

Running a 2 - weekly report using PACS to identify patients who may need abdominal ultrasound scans for HCC surveillance.

Work closely with the liver nurse to identify any patients who are high risk and may need further imaging.

Keeping the liver surveillance databases up to date.

About us

We have 10000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Date posted

10 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

438-PB2787

Job locations

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide good quality personalised care in accordance with agreed local and national standards.

Performs basic nursing care to a high quality standard which meets the individual needs of patients

Has achieved and maintained core and specific competencies as per HCA Development pathway and by manager.

Demonstrates compassion by recognising and responding to individual needs in a warm, thoughtful, sensitive and helpful way

Proactively engages with patients, relatives and carers to seek their views, and gain co-operation and agreement.

Receives positive feedback from patients/relatives/team members/students

Identifies and reports patients needs not included in the care plan, to the nurse in charge

For more information please see the job description

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide good quality personalised care in accordance with agreed local and national standards.

Performs basic nursing care to a high quality standard which meets the individual needs of patients

Has achieved and maintained core and specific competencies as per HCA Development pathway and by manager.

Demonstrates compassion by recognising and responding to individual needs in a warm, thoughtful, sensitive and helpful way

Proactively engages with patients, relatives and carers to seek their views, and gain co-operation and agreement.

Receives positive feedback from patients/relatives/team members/students

Identifies and reports patients needs not included in the care plan, to the nurse in charge

For more information please see the job description

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential

oGCSE Maths & English grade C or above / Grade 4 - 9 OR Functional/Key skills level 2 numeracy and Functional/Key Skills level 2 literacy
oBNCS or NVQ / Internal Level 2 training programme

Desirable

oLevel 3 QCF diploma (Qualification Credit Framework) in healthcare / NVQ level 3

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

oPrevious experience of working in an acute health care or related setting
oUnderstanding of health and safety issues within healthcare
oUnderstanding of concept and application of confidentiality
oUnderstanding of the role of a band 3 senior HCA

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential

oGCSE Maths & English grade C or above / Grade 4 - 9 OR Functional/Key skills level 2 numeracy and Functional/Key Skills level 2 literacy
oBNCS or NVQ / Internal Level 2 training programme

Desirable

oLevel 3 QCF diploma (Qualification Credit Framework) in healthcare / NVQ level 3

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

oPrevious experience of working in an acute health care or related setting
oUnderstanding of health and safety issues within healthcare
oUnderstanding of concept and application of confidentiality
oUnderstanding of the role of a band 3 senior HCA

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.