Healthcare Assistant - Trauma and Orthopaedics
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 22/09/2026
- Closes
- 06/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for a Band 3 Healthcare Assistant to join the Trauma and Orthopaedics team on Ward 31 at Aintree Hospital. The successful candidate will assist registered nurses in providing high-standard patient care, focusing on personal hygiene, toileting needs, mobility, and pressure sore prevention. It requires an NVQ Level 3 or extensive experience in a hospital setting. The position involves direct patient care under supervision.
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates a willingness & capability to undertake NVQ level 3
- Demonstrable experience in hospital setting working at NVQ level 2
- 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
- Other
- Supportive of colleagues and patients
- Demonstrates a willingness & capability to undertake NVQ level 3
- Demonstrable experience in hospital setting working at NVQ level 2
- 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
- Other
- Supportive of colleagues and patients
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 - Trauma and Orthopaedics
The closing date is 06 October 2026
Job summary
We have full time role and part time vacancy for Band 3 Healthcare Assistant to join our team on Ward 31 at Aintree Hospital.
We are looking for experienced HCA's with an NVQ Level 3 or extensive experience to join our nursing team.
Under the supervision of a registered nurse assisting the Ward/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 aregistered nurse.
Please note this vacancy will close once sufficient applications have been received
Main duties of the job
- 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 exer
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