| Posting date: | 03 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £24,625.00 to £25,674.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £24625.00 – £25674.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 June 2025 |
| Location: | Fazakerley, L9 7AL |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9287-25-0912 |
Job summary
Cardiac Day Care Unit (Cardiac Cath Lab) is currently looking for an enthusiastic, reliable, good team player, for a Band 3 health care assistant with excellent clinical skill and experienced worked in a Cath lab area to complement our friendly multidisciplinary team, the clinical team to provide a high standard of patient care which is in accordance with agreed nursing practice and Trust Policy, through the provision of basic nursing care and housekeeping duties. To rotate through all clinical areas to meet service needs.
we not only are providing pre and post care to patients undergoing coronary angiography, pacemaker insertion, pacemaker generator changes,ILR insertion and removal and TOE recovery. We have one Cath lab with a recovery area a Heart Failure Unit. We are providing an Ambulatory Heart Failure service to the whole of Liverpool.
We work Monday to Friday. The successful candidate would rotate between the cardiac day case recovery area, Ambulatory Heart Failure
Service and within the cardiology directorate. It is a small busy unit that provides excellent service to our service users. we have a great and
friendly team and supportive to each other
Main duties of the job
Check and prepare all transfer trolleys and wheelchairs- i.e. Oxygen, suction, resuscitation equipment, linen and replace, as required.
To transfer patients to and from all clinical areas.
Preparation of clinical area prior to procedure, by ensuring correct function of equipment, reporting any discrepancies and that there are adequate supplies of supplementary items.
Assist in the preparation of Cath lab prior to list or procedure.
Carry out venipuncture, TR band removal post Angiogram, recording of vital signs and recording in NEWS chart, complete WHO checklist pre.
procedure and ECG’s as required as instructed by registered nurse
Assist in the cleaning of clinical areas , complete daily ward cleaning checklist and equipment, ensuring that the area is clear of potential hazards i.e. blood products, clinical waste and contaminated items to relevant collection areas.Take delivery of stock, check in relevant items and store all supplies and equipment for the clinical area.
Ensure adequate stock levels are maintained – e.g. of linen and clinical equipment and report discrepancies. Order and replace as appropriate.Complete all documentation as per local policies – e.g. cardiac care pathway, care plans or electronic record. Attend mandatory training and reviews as local policy. Be willing to undertake further training relevant to role.Participate in performance review process and achieve objectives.
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 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities – from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.
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