Healthcare Assistant - Elective Orthopaedic Surgery - Day Case Unit

We have 2 vacancies for Band 3 HCA's to join the team on Day case unit at Broadgreen. These are Full Time Positions 37.5hrs per week., Admitting planned surgical and orthopaedic patients.

Preparing patients for theatre.

Post-Operative care of patients (under the supervision of Registered Nurse) who have undergone surgery.
Assist patients in meeting their hygiene needs and carry out all aspects of personal care and grooming

Recording of patients observations. General observations of patients, reporting anything untoward to Registered Nursing Staff.

Documentation of care plans on PENS

Preparation and serving of patient's meals, drinks and snacks. Assisting / feeding patients as necessary.Reports patients dietary intake as indicated in the patients plan of careCarry out any movement and handling within the safe practice guidelines from mandatory training and in relation to the patient's manual handling plan.Assist in the prevention of pressure sore development as directed by the Registered nurse in conjunction with the patient's plan of care.Obtaining specimens from patients for ward or laboratory testing.Ensure due regard is given to customs, values and spiritual beliefs of patients and carers.

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.