Healthcare Assistant - Frailty Assessment Unit | University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

About the Organisation

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital. The Trust is part of the NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities.

• Record patient fluid intake and output using fluid balance charts.
• Record dietary intake when indicated in the patient’s plan of care.
• Prepare and serve patients’ meals, drinks and snacks; assist/ feed patients as necessary.
• Enable patients to maintain or improve mobility by using exercise and mobility appliances.
• Assist with personal hygiene, grooming, toileting and incontinence management.
• Help prevent pressure sore development in accordance with the Registered Nurse and the patient’s plan of care.
• Carry out movement and handling within safe practice guidelines and the patient’s manual handling plan.
• Undertake dressing of non‑complex wounds as per identified competencies and the plan of care.
• Prepare and maintain environments for clinical treatments and investigations.
• Collect blood products from the laboratory as requested.
• Assist registered nurses in performing last offices.
• Observe and record vital signs: blood pressure, pulse, temperature, respiration rate, oxygen saturation, peak flow, and blood glucose monitoring (venepuncture and/or cannulation).
• Report any untoward events to registered nursing staff.

The frailty assessment team is a multidisciplinary group caring for patients aged 65+ with a clinical frailty score of 5‑7, from community, accident and emergency, and an ambulatory setting, as well as a 14‑bedded 72‑hour stay unit.

This advert closes on Monday 2 Feb 2026.