Assistant Practitioner
The closing date is 06 October 2025
Job summary
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust are excited to recruit Assistant Practitioners to work as part of the Care Transfer Hub (CTH) Team based across the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals to support complex discharge.
The hub brings together staff from the NHS, Shropshire Council, Telford & Wrekin Council, and the voluntary and community sector. Together, these multi-organisational professionals facilitate safe and timely discharges, ensuring appropriate support is in place for each patient.
Since its launch in October 2024, the hub has helped to significantly reduce the number of patients waiting in hospital beds for discharge into home or community care settings. It's also shortened the average wait times for discharge and advocates a "home first" philosophy, supporting patients returning home from hospital.
By enabling multidisciplinary teams to coordinate discharge planning effectively, the hub identifies the best and safest options for patients who are medically fit to leave hospital. This collaborative effort involves social care, housing and voluntary organisations working in partnership to ensure patients receive the timely support they need.
Main duties of the job
- To take responsibility for a defined group of patients following delegation by the Registered Health Care Professional.
- Work under direct and indirect supervision of a Registered Health Professional to provide health care support to an identified caseload- this may be in an inpatient or community setting including the patient's own place of residence.
- To work within agreed protocols within the designated work area.
- Maintain agreed, acceptable standards of care and only undertake duties within own personal competence following training/education and assessment of competency.
- Undertake triage process and prioritising patients.
About us
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Details
Date posted
22 September 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum/pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number
825-7394513-OPS-A
Job locations
Care Transfer Hub
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital
SY3 8XQ
Employer details
Employer name
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
Address
Care Transfer Hub
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital
SY3 8XQ
Employer's website
https://www.shropscommunityhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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