Assistant Practitioner

We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Band 4 assistant practitioner to be an integral member of our multi-disciplinary community based team working in Pocklington. You will be expected to deliver clinical care delegated by a registered professional and contributing to the assessment and evaluation of person centre care plans.

As an assistant practitioner, you will have the opportunity to work jointly with experienced staff, seeing patients with a range health conditions and will be supported in your work by a robust structure of supervision, and in-service training. You will bring experience of working directly with patients in a health care setting, and an enthusiasm for supporting patients to progress in their recovery and empowering to self-manage their health condition.

To succeed in this role you will need to be passionate about community healthcare provision, able to tackle key priorities with enthusiasm and have the tenacity to deliver in an ever changing environment.

Already established relevant community clinical competencies are desirable for this post.

Working along side Community Therapy and Nursing Teams undertaking patient home visits for prevent admissions, rehabilitation and clinical nursing duties.

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust that delivers care to communities in Hull, East Yorkshire, Scarborough and Ryedale and Whitby. We deliver safe, effective and integrated health services that improve the physical, mental and social health and wellbeing of our patients and service users.

To find out more about our wide range of services including mental health, learning disabilities, children and young people service, Forensic, Community and Primary Care visit our Trust website humber.nhs.uk/Services

You will join our team of over 2,800 colleagues that work together across our wide geography and specialties to change lives every day. We’re extremely proud of our Trust community and we know you can expect to receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need from your new team to get you started.

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development to ensure the delivery of high quality, person-centred and compassionate care to patients. We value our staff and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills and competencies to deliver outstanding care.

For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached job description and person spec.