Assistant Practitioner (NHS AfC: Band 4) - Nursing - Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Kent Community Health NHS Trust; Dover; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job description

Main area Nursing Grade NHS AfC: Band 4

Contract Permanent

Hours Part time - 30 hours per week (9-5 , 4 days Monday- Friday, would consider 22.5 hours (3 days))

Job ref 846-7125452-EP

Site Home Town South District including Folkestone, Ashford, Dover and Deal

Salary £26,530 - £29,114 pro rata per annum

Salary period Yearly

Closing 04/05/2025 23:59

Job overview

Assistant Practitioners work as part of a team with our School Staff Nurses led by our Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (SCPHNs) to deliver a range of interventions to improve the health and wellbeing of children, young people and their families to:

• Help parents develop and sustain a strong bond with children
• Encourage care that keeps children healthy and safe
• Reduce childhood obesity by promoting healthy eating and physical activity
• Identify health issues early, so support can be provided in a timely manner
• Make sure children are prepared for and supported in education settings
• Identify and help children, young people and families with problems that might affect their chances later in life

This role works within a school aged service and undertakes regulated activity with children 4-19 including the support of vulnerable families.

Main duties of the job

You will work closely with all users of our service. You are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services provided across the health economy by:

• Keeping the people who use our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments
• Ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedures
• Ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with clients and families throughout the care planning process
• Providing a comprehensive and needs led School Health Service to the school age population, under the supervision of more senior colleagues
• With support, to take responsibility for providing a school health service to a cluster of schools
• Work in collaboration with other health care and service providers, including school staff, to ensure seamless delivery of services for school age children

Working for our organisation

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values: compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive, Excellent.

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit us both.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application.

Person specification

Qualifications

• 1. Evidence of Foundation Degree Level 5 study
• 2. Functional Skills at Level 2 (Literacy and numeracy/ GCSE grade A-C or equivalent in English and Maths)

Experience

• 1. Experience as a Healthcare worker
• 2. Experience of community environment
• 3. Experience of working as part of a team
• 4. Experience with the use of Microsoft Office and a variety of IT packages (E-Pay / E-roster / AT-P / CIS)

Knowledge

• 1. Awareness of professional issues and recent developments in the NHS and Primary Care including Clinical Governance, NICE, Essence of Care
• 2. Knowledge of up to date clinical practice
• 3. Understands the role and remit of a Band 4

Skills and abilities

• 1. Sound communication and interpersonal skills (verbal and written)
• 2. Ability to organise own work
• 3. Ability to cope with change
• 4. Ability to use own initiative
• 5. Moderate IT skills

Personal attributes

• 1. Ability to motivate and organise others to ensure best practice
• 2. Ability to work under pressure
• 3. Flexible and adaptable

Ability to manage

• 1. Able to support the implementation of local and national agenda’s for health under the guidance of the Registered Practitioner

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.

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