Healthcare Assistant - AMU
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 01/10/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Healthcare Assistant within the Acute Medical Unit (AMU) at Aintree. The successful candidate will support qualified nurses in delivering high standards of patient care in an acute hospital setting. Duties include assisting with personal hygiene, mobility, feeding, and basic medical tasks under supervision. The position requires demonstrable experience in a hospital setting at NVQ Level 2.
Key responsibilities
- Participate in all aspects of patient care, focusing on personal hygiene and grooming.
- Provide for patients' toileting needs, ensuring privacy and dignity.
- Assist patients with managing incontinence and promoting continence.
- Prepare and serve patient meals, drinks, and snacks, assisting with feeding as necessary.
- Enable patients to maintain/improve their mobility using exercise and mobility appliances.
- Undertake the dressing of non-complex wounds in accordance with competencies and care plans.
Essential criteria
- Willingness to undertake NVQ Level 3
- Reputation for high standard of patient care
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the Healthcare setting
- Basic Computer Skills
- Supportive of colleagues and patients
- Demonstrable experience working in a hospital setting at NVQ Level 2
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Healthcare Assistant - AMU
The closing date is 01 October 2026
Job summary
This is an exciting post which allows the successful candidate the opportunity to work as part of the AMU team here at Aintree. The role involves supporting qualified practitioners to deliver high levels of care to patients in an acute setting.
The successful candidate should have demonstrable experience working in a hospital setting at NVQ Level 2.
This vacancy will close once a sufficient number of applications has been received so please apply soon if interested
Main duties of the job
Under the supervision of a registered nurse, the post holder will assist the department team in providing the highest possible standard of care for patients and their families/carer. The post holder will undertake a range of tasks and duties as delegated by a registered nurse.
About us
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 16,80
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