Assistant Practitioner Apprentice

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Job summary

An NHS organization is seeking a Band 3 Assistant Practitioner Apprentice to join their community team in Scarborough. This full-time position involves delivering clinical care under supervision, participating in patient assessments, and supporting health promotion activities. The successful candidate will receive dedicated study time within working hours and must fulfill Level 2 Maths and English requirements. Join a supportive environment committed to professional development and patient care.

Benefits

Enhanced leave package

Health and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team.
• Able to evaluate own strengths and development needs.
• Insight into working with patients to enhance well-being.

Responsibilities

• Deliver clinical care delegated by a registered professional.
• Participate in patient assessments and home visits.
• Contribute to evaluation of care plans.

Skills

Community healthcare provision

Team collaboration

Patient assessment

Time management

Education

Minimum Level 2 English

Minimum Level 2 Maths

GCSE Grade A-C in Maths & English

Diploma or NVQ3 level qualification

Job description

Main area Assistant Practitioner Band 4 Grade NHS AfC: Band 3 Contract Apprenticeship: 2 years Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Full or part time considered) Job ref 338-7568906-25

Employer Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Scarborough Town Scarborough Salary £24,937 - £26,598 Band 4 on successful completion of apprenticeship Salary period Yearly Closing 05/01/2026 23:59

NHS AfC: Band 3

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are proud award winners of the HSJ Provider of the Year 2019

Job overview

Please note that this advertised vacancy does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa and therefore HTFT would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.

We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Band 3 Assistant Practitioner Apprentice to be an integral member of our multi-disciplinary community based team working across the patch of Scarborough and Ryedale (post base is Scarborough).

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. Study time and University days are allocated in your working hours contract.

Duration 24 months for programme and 4 weeks End Point Assessment

Awarding Body – Sheffield Hallam University

To meet the apprenticeship standard apprentices will be required to hold:

• Minimum of Level 2 English
• Minimum of Level 2 maths

To achieve:

• Complete the 15 standards required by the Care Quality Commission
• A regulated Level 5 Occupational Competence Qualification

Main duties of the job

Upon Successful completion of level 5 apprenticeship, you will be expected to deliver clinical care delegated by a registered professional and contribute to the assessment and evaluation of person centre care plans.

Working alongside the therapy team and community nursing team undertaking patient home visits to facilitate discharges from hospital, prevent admissions to hospital, carry out assessment & rehabilitation and if required appropriate level clinical nursing duties. This could include:

• Falls assessments
• Assessment for assistive devices for independence and safety at home
• Mobility
• Management of the deteriorating patient and appropriate escalation
• Palliative care

Working for our organisation

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information with regard to this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Experience

• Demonstrable experience of working within the service area.
• Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of working with patients to promote their physical and mental well-being through health promotion
• Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs and seeking advice where appropriate

Qualifications and Knowledege

• Range of work procedures and practices, majority non-routine; intermediate level theoretical knowledge. Diploma or equivalent appropriate qualification, e.g. foundation degree; or NVQ3 level qualification plus short courses or relevant experience to diploma level
• Demonstrates understanding of the role of the Assistant Practitioner in context of the multidisciplinary team, and organisation and how this may contribute to service development.
• GCSE Grade A-C in Maths & English or skills level 2 Maths & English or equivalent
• Knowledge of a range rehabilitation techniques / community services and urgent crisis response.
• A broad understanding of relevant policy, legislation drivers and their application to clinical and service area
• Evidence of continued professional development documented through Trust PDR/KSF/Supervision processes and personal portfolio

Skills and Competencies

• Able to work on own initiative, following direction by the registered professional
• Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload
• Ability to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to support, delegate, supervise, assess and act as role model to new staff and band 3 colleagues as required within the clinical setting
• Ability to effectively transport self and access to a vehicle to community patient visits in usual places of residence and own homes

Our recruitment team have shared their top tips to support you when you are ready to make your application. Please ensure that you read this before starting your application.

Please note that if there is a high volume of applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date.

This post will be subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period where applicable, further details would be included within any offer letter.

Where operationally feasible the Trust supports agile working, there is an expectation of attendance of 1 day per week at a Trust site as a minimum operationally. Unless specifically stated in the advert that a role will have home as the base of work, all roles will have the option to work from a Trust base if remote working is not for you.

If required for the post the ability to commute within the Trusts geographical area with access to the appropriate means of transport would be essential.

We will apply for a Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service for the successful candidate if this is required for the post.Anyone applying for a position which involves a regulated activity will require an enhanced Disclosure & Barring check and that the disclosure will, where appropriate to the role, include information against the Independent Safeguarding Authority barred lists for working with children or working with adults or both.

IMPORTANT: Should your application be successfully shortlisted, you will be contacted to attend an interview electronically to the email address provided at the time of the application. It is important therefore, that you CHECK YOUR EMAILS/NHS JOBS ACCOUNT on a regular basis.

If you are not contacted by the Trust within six weeks of the closing date of the vacancy, your application will have been unsuccessful on this occasion. We would however like to thank you for the interest you have shown in the Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.

On 1 July 2024, NHS England strengthened its commitment to supporting employees already working for the NHS who wish to embark upon an apprenticeship to aide career development.

To ensure these staff do not experience a detriment to their basic pay, the salary for duration of the apprenticeship will be consistent with their current pay or the rate paid to other apprentices, whichever is higher (subject to eligibility criteria)

This change supports exiting NHS employees to undertake a formal apprenticeship programme which, upon completion, would qualify them for a role where the evaluated pay band is the same or higher than the band of their current post.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.