East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Assistant Practitioner

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Job summary

Are you a dedicated and compassionate individual looking to contribute to high standards of healthcare within a community setting? Join our Community Integrated Team as a Community Assistant Practitioner. Our multidisciplinary team provides essential nursing and therapeutic care to patients in their own homes between 0800 - 1800, 7 days a week, with the goal of promoting self-management and returning patients to maximum independence in their daily activities.

By joining our team, you will be part of a supportive and innovative community-focused service. You will have the opportunity to make a real difference in patients' lives by providing high-quality care and supporting their journey to maximum independence.

If you are passionate about patient care and eager to be a vital part of a multidisciplinary team, we encourage you to apply.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Assessments: Assess patients with straightforward requirements based on predetermined department protocols.

Treatment Preparation & Monitoring: Prepare for, carry out & monitor assessments & treatments in specified clinical areas & discharge patients in line with predetermined department protocols.

Competency-Based Care: Apply competency-based treatment techniques & care to patients with specific conditions under the supervision of a qualified practitioner, following a prescribed treatment/care plan.

Ongoing Nursing Care: Provide ongoing nursing care & support to patients & carers, promoting the role of the nurse & clinical excellence.

Liaison & Networking: Identify patients whose conditions become unstable & liaise with registered practitioners, doctors & acute services appropriately. Network with other professionals to coordinate a multidisciplinary approach to care provision.

Documentation & Information Sharing: Be responsible for multi-agency care documentation in line with current practice, ensuring patients can make informed choices about their current & future care needs. Liaise with patients' GPs to provide sufficient information for ongoing primary care.

Patient-Centred Care: Ensure that care is patient-centred & confidentiality is maintained in line with Trust policy.

Work Autonomously: Prioritise your own workload & work autonomously when necessary, supporting your peers & team leaders by being an effective team member while working on your own initiative.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Details

Date posted

09 August 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR995-24

Job locations

The Crescent

Colchester

CO4 9YQ


Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • oExperience of working with professionals from other disciplines
  • oExperience of working as a member of a team but also able to work autonomously
  • oBe able to demonstrate good leadership qualities
  • oExperience of working in a health or social care setting

Desirable

  • oCommunity Experience

Qualifications

Essential

  • oEvidence of recent CPD
  • oEvidence of a good standard of Literacy /English language skills

Desirable

  • oCare Certificate
  • oNVQ in Health & Social Care
  • oLevel 2 English and Maths - (equivalent to GCSE Grade C or above).
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • oExperience of working with professionals from other disciplines
  • oExperience of working as a member of a team but also able to work autonomously
  • oBe able to demonstrate good leadership qualities
  • oExperience of working in a health or social care setting

Desirable

  • oCommunity Experience

Qualifications

Essential

  • oEvidence of recent CPD
  • oEvidence of a good standard of Literacy /English language skills

Desirable

  • oCare Certificate
  • oNVQ in Health & Social Care
  • oLevel 2 English and Maths - (equivalent to GCSE Grade C or above).

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

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Crescent

Colchester

CO4 9YQ


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Crescent

Colchester

CO4 9YQ


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Operational Lead for Community Nursing

Clara Gilfillan

Clara.Gilfillan@esneft.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

09 August 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR995-24

Job locations

The Crescent

Colchester

CO4 9YQ


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