Job summary

Healthcare Assistant Band 2

We're looking for a Health Care Assistant caring for Orthopaedic and Surgical patients both pre and post operatively.

Your main responsibilities will be:

• Providing day to day care to our patients.
• Ensuring their safety at all times.
• You will be responsible for delivering the care and documenting your actions.

Main duties of the job

You will work as part of the multidisciplinary team delivering care to the patients

Your duties will be maintaining standards on the ward.

Delivering a high quality of care by assisting with hygiene, nutrition and hydrations as well as providing physiological support to the patients and carers.

The ward cares for elderly and patients many who are living with dementia, this can be challenging at times but very rewarding.

About us

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services:Acute CareProviding emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary CareProviding primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community ServicesProviding adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional ServicesWe provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Details

Date posted

07 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£25,272 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

409-8148195-A

Job locations

Southport hospital

Town Lane

Southport

PR8 6PN

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.

Advertising date: 7th September 2026

Closing date: 21st September 2026

Shortlisting date: 22nd September 2026

Proposed Interview date: TBC

Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Job description Job responsibilities Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application. Advertising date: 7th September 2026 Closing date: 21st September 2026 Shortlisting date: 22nd September 2026 Proposed Interview date: TBC Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Basic literacy and numeracy skills
• Completion of Trust Care Certificate within 4 months of appointment

Desirable

• NVQ level 2 Health and Social Care or equivalent
• Care Certificate (equivalent to level 1)

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of personal care and related procedures
• Experience of working in a team

Desirable

• Experience of working in a patient care/health related role

Other

Essential

• Frequent, moderate effort for several short periods during the shift such as manual handling patients to supporting patients personal care
• Occasional requirement for concentration, with few competing demands for attention
• Aware that developing resilience to distressing situations is necessary without losing the ability to care compassionately.
• Aware of the process for accessing staff health and wellbeing support
• Occasional exposure to distressing situations which may care of chronic health conditions, patient end of life care/ care after death
• Able to carry out direct personal care as required on ward or department
• Frequent exposure to blood or body fluids
• Occasional exposure to patients with challenging behaviours

Skills

Essential

• Ability to communicate effectively in both verbal and written formats
• Good interpersonal skills
• Able to work within a team
• Able to accept direction and guidance
• Aware of own limitations
• Flexible in working hours
• Able to prioritise own workload and manage time effectively
• Flexible, adaptable and responsive to change
• Reliable and professional
• Ability to cope in stressful and challenging situations
• Inclusive and non-judgmental
• Punctual, motivated and committed
• Effective role model demonstrating Trust values
• Basic IT skills

Person Specification Qualifications Essential Basic literacy and numeracy skills Completion of Trust Care Certificate within 4 months of appointment Desirable NVQ level 2 Health and Social Care or equivalent Care Certificate (equivalent to level 1) Knowledge Essential Knowledge of personal care and related procedures Experience of working in a team Desirable Experience of working in a patient care/health related role Other Essential Frequent, moderate effort for several short periods during the shift such as manual handling patients to supporting patients personal care Occasional requirement for concentration, with few competing demands for attention Aware that developing resilience to distressing situations is necessary without losing the ability to care compassionately. Aware of the process for accessing staff health and wellbeing support Occasional exposure to distressing situations which may care of chronic health conditions, patient end of life care/ care after death Able to carry out direct personal care as required on ward or department Frequent exposure to blood or body fluids Occasional exposure to patients with challenging behaviours Skills Essential Ability to communicate effectively in both verbal and written formats Good interpersonal skills Able to work within a team Able to accept direction and guidance Aware of own limitations Flexible in working hours Able to prioritise own workload and manage time effectively Flexible, adaptable and responsive to change Reliable and professional Ability to cope in stressful and challenging situations Inclusive and non-judgmental Punctual, motivated and committed Effective role model demonstrating Trust values Basic IT skills

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Southport hospital

Town Lane

Southport

PR8 6PN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Southport hospital

Town Lane

Southport

PR8 6PN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)