Associate Practitioner

**The closing date is 2nd Nov 2025**

**Job summary**:
**Join Our Team as an Associate Practitioner**

An exciting opportunity has emerged within the Mid and North Hampshire Division to appoint a passionate and proactive Associate Practitioner in the North and West Hampshire Community Learning Disability Team.

This role is ideal for someone with experience supporting individuals with learning disabilities who is eager to make a meaningful impact. You will work directly with people with learning disabilities, their families, and carers - helping to shape and deliver compassionate, person-centred care to improve their health outcomes.

**What You Will Be Doing**

Your day-to-day work will be varied and rewarding, including:

- Conducting behavioural observations in home settings
- Providing training and role modelling for staff
- Supporting blood test desensitisation programmes
- Advocating for reasonable adjustments to ensure equitable healthcare access
- Creating personalised, accessible information and monitoring tools
- Assisting with hospital admission planning and support to optimise care and ensure health investigations/interventions are successful

You will collaborate closely with our nursing team, contributing to assessments, care formulations, and interventions. You will also monitor individuals on our waiting list, ensuring timely updates on changes in their presentation or needs.

**Main duties, tasks & skills required**:
**Where You Will Be Based**

Our service operates from Winchester, Basingstoke, and Totton, with your primary base in Winchester. You will work alongside nurses within a multi-disciplinary team delivering services throughout Mid and North Hampshire.

**Support and Development**

You will receive regular supervision and guidance from experienced nurses within our Learning Disability Service. We are committed to your growth, offering opportunities for continued professional development, reflective practice, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

**What We Are Looking For**

We are seeking someone who is:

- Empathetic, organised, and self-motivated
- Skilled in communication, presentation, and interpersonal engagement
- Insightful about the needs of people with learning disabilities.
- Competent in computer use, including Word, Powerpoint, Excel
- A car driver, due to the geographical scope of the role.

**Be Part of Something Meaningful**

As an Associate Practitioner, you will be a vital member of a forward-thinking, innovative team. Every day brings new challenges and opportunities to make a difference.

**Interested?**

To discuss the role further, please contact James Hutchinson, Lead Nurse, on 02382 311730 or Jodie Tulk, Team Manager, on 02382 313999.

**You are more than welcome to come and visit our offices for a coffee to discuss the role and meet our team.**

**About us**:
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

**Job description**:
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential**:
Foundation Degree in Health & Social Care or equivalent.

Full UK Driving Licence.

Able to attend training and education in line with Trust policy and Staff Competency Framework.

**Disclosure and Barring Service Check**:
James Hutchinson

02382311730

**Pay scheme**:
Agenda for Change

**Band**:
Band 4

**Salary**:

- £27485.00 to £30162.00 Yearly
**Contract**:
Permanent

**Working pattern**:
Part-Time, Full-Time, Flexible Working

**Reference number**:
348-MNH-9