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North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Assistant Practitioner/Trainee Assistant Practitioner Hospital @ Night

The closing date is 11 November 2025

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Job summary

Assistant Practitioner / Trainee Assistant Practitioner - Hospital at Night 73.5hrs available full-time or part-time

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the Hospital at Night team at the Cumberland Infirmary Hospital at Carlisle. We are recruiting Assistant Practitioners or Trainee Assistant Practitioners (an opportunity to train and become Assistant Practitioner) or equivalent on a permanent basis.

Here you will be a part of an enthusiastic team, caring for a multitude of patients and conditions who require care during the evening and night. You will use your clinical skills to support the advanced nurse practitioners and medical teams with a variety of tasks across the organisation.

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Main duties of the job

  • Manage and provide all aspects of patient care.
  • Act in accordance with the Trust Policies.
  • Assist a wide range of professionals in the team as necessary.
  • Demonstrate practice based on current advances in nursing practice and research.
  • Comply with infection prevention and control procedures at all times.
  • Comply with responsibility to safeguard adults and children, ensuring attendance at appropriate training.
  • Maintain accurate records of the care given, ensuring accurate data input into computerised systems.
  • Assist in developing an environment that supports the value of nursing care.
  • Liaise and communicate with members of the nursing and multidisciplinary team.
  • Participate in the monitoring of standards of care.
  • Contribute to the continuing development of the unit philosophy.
  • Participate in the Trust clinical governance agenda, leading on a benchmark from the Essence of Care initiative.
  • Ensure that the Trust policies and guidelines relevant to the unit are given due consideration.
  • Actively participate in the Trust risk management strategy.
  • Contribute to the Trust patient care and public involvement strategy.
  • Participate in local bed management for appropriate patient care.

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We're responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time'.

  • Being a clinically led organisation
  • Quality and safety at the heart
  • A positive patient experience every time
  • A great place to work
  • Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. There is an expectation for all staff to support this by familiarising yourself with the Trust's sustainability initiatives such as waste and recycling, going paperless, videoconferencing, sustainable transport and others.

We encourage you to think about what you can do as an individual and within your team to contribute in to embedding carbon reduction into the everyday running of our organisation.

Details

Date posted

28 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £30,162 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

262-A-25-7516341

Job locations

Cumberland Infirmary

Carlisle

CA2 7HY


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

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.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

NHS Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Excellent opportunities for development*

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

Important Information

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

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.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

NHS Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Excellent opportunities for development*

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

Important Information

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Foundation Degree - Health and Social care, (Assistant Practitioner route) or equivalent.
  • Maintenance of professional portfolio.
  • Participation in Assistant Practitioner preceptorship programme.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience of working within a healthcare environment.
  • Experience of caring directly for patients, relatives and carers
  • Experience working with in a multidisciplinary team

Desirable

  • Experience in the speciality area of practice
  • Knowledge of the speciality area of practice

Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

  • Effective communication and Interpersonal skills
  • Ability and commitment to complete studies at higher education level including self-directed learning.
  • Ability to use email and computer based systems
  • Ability to work within the team and independently
  • Ability to use own initiative
  • Ability to organise, prioritise and re-prioritise workloads.
  • Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care.

Desirable

  • Motivational Skills

Personal Circumstances

Essential

  • Flexibility, Motivated, Resilience
  • Willingness to further develop the role.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Foundation Degree - Health and Social care, (Assistant Practitioner route) or equivalent.
  • Maintenance of professional portfolio.
  • Participation in Assistant Practitioner preceptorship programme.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience of working within a healthcare environment.
  • Experience of caring directly for patients, relatives and carers
  • Experience working with in a multidisciplinary team

Desirable

  • Experience in the speciality area of practice
  • Knowledge of the speciality area of practice

Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

  • Effective communication and Interpersonal skills
  • Ability and commitment to complete studies at higher education level including self-directed learning.
  • Ability to use email and computer based systems
  • Ability to work within the team and independently
  • Ability to use own initiative
  • Ability to organise, prioritise and re-prioritise workloads.
  • Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care.

Desirable

  • Motivational Skills

Personal Circumstances

Essential

  • Flexibility, Motivated, Resilience
  • Willingness to further develop the role.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cumberland Infirmary

Carlisle

CA2 7HY


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cumberland Infirmary

Carlisle

CA2 7HY


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Matron

Kathryne Sidney

kathryne.sidney@ncic.nhs.uk

07811714134

Details

Date posted

28 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £30,162 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

262-A-25-7516341

Job locations

Cumberland Infirmary

Carlisle

CA2 7HY


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