Associate Practitioner

5 months ago


Ipswich, United Kingdom East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 4 Assistant Practitioner to join our Surgical Assessment Unit team at Colchester Hospital.

SAU is a fast paced environment offering same day assessment, investigation and diagnosis for patients within the surgical specialities. Referrals are taken directly from GP’s, A&E and other specialities

You will be required to have the relevant Qualifications and hospital setting experience to be eligible for this post.

If you are a practitioner who is open to the challenges brought about by change and who are committed to creative partnerships, we want to hear from you.

You will need to show a willingness to undertake extended roles.
- Ensure that safe, effective and holistic patient care is delivered
- Assist patients to fulfil the activities of daily living
- With direction of the registered professional, assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual programmes of care in partnership with patients and relatives/carers
- Accurately observe patient’s condition and initiate appropriate action as required escalate to the registered professional
- If appropriately qualified administer medication safely to patients
- Actively participate in effective discharge planning
- To be suitable for this post you will need to have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work on your own, but also as an integral part of the SAU team

One of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if 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. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
- To meet the needs of the Trust with regard to Induction, mandatory and statutory training
- To meet the direct and indirect care needs of patients under the delegation and supervision of a Registered Nurse
- To ensure high standards of patient care at all times, in line with Trust policies and guidelines
- To work as an effective member of the nursing and wider multi-professional healthcare team
- To work within the boundaries of the role of the HCA supporting more junior colleagues as required and refer to the Registered Nurse as appropriate

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


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