Job summary
- Main area
- Community
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 423-6142362
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital
- Town
- Steeton
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 pro rata per annum.
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Assistant Practitioner (Band 4)
NHS AfC: Band 4
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity to join the Airedale Collaborative Care Team, we are looking for a motivated, flexible, and skilled Assistant Practitioner to join our multidisciplinary team providing Urgent Community Response and Virtual Ward care to people needing intermediate care in their own home.
A full induction programme with opportunities for ongoing training and career development is offered. You will work alongside Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists, Mental Health Nurses, Registered General Nurses, Healthcare Support Workers and Community Advanced Clinical Practitioners. The postholder will work within a multidisciplinary team as well as independently. We work closely with all community based services including Castleberg Hospital.
This is a 24 hour a day 7 days a week service operating 365 days a year covering Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven, the post holder will be expected to work shift patterns to cover the service including Early, Lates and Long Days or a combination of both and have access to own transport.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will assist in the overall implementation and evaluation of care as part of the multi professional team. The jobholder will deliver clinical care under indirect supervision and guidance from a registered practitioner undertaking delegated tasks within competency boundaries.
The post holder will undertake specific skilled Assistant Practitioner work to aid the assessment, planning, and on-going management of patients. This will mainly include, but is not limited to, developing therapy, nursing and mental health care plans.
The jobholder will contribute to the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care. The jobholder will have the knowledge to interpret information and be skilled in taking appropriate action(s) to achieve the planned outcome. The post holder is expected to work within a wide variety of clinical and community environments.
The job holder will actively support the assessment and supervision of trainee or new assistant practitioners, students and clinical support workers. This will include leading and co-ordinating a team of clinical support workers.
The jobholder will be expected to practice in accordance with Hospitals ANHSFT policies, guidelines, standards and statutory requirements and operate within defined competency boundaries
Working for our organisation
We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.
We want to attract staff who embrace our Right Care behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients we want to make these part of our DNA.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information and full details of the job role please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma Higher Education (level 5), Higher National Diploma (level 5) or Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care
- Evidence of completion of band 4 competencies through national occupational standards and/or work-based learning
Desirable criteria
- Commitment to undergo training as required
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working within an acute or community based healthcare setting delivering clinical and personal care
- Utilisation of planning and organising skills
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Insight into role of therapies and responsibilities
- Computer literate
- Understanding of home and bed based Intermediate Care
- Knowledge of the Urgent Community Response and Virtual Ward Pathway
- NEWS2 and escalation of the unwell patient
Skills
Essential criteria
- Literate and numerate
- Competent in the use of information technology
- Able to accept delegation and work without direct supervision
- Knowledge and/or experience of cannulation and venepuncture
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kay Green
- Job title
- Intermediate Care Team Leader ACCT
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 294656
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