Assistant Practitioner

Join our Community Supportive and Palliative Care Team as an Assistant Practitioner (Band 4, 30 hours / 0.8 WTE). An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Practitioner to work within the well-established Community Supportive and Palliative Team. The successful candidate will work flexibly over 4 days Monday Friday 8.30 16.30 (excluding bank holidays).

The service is based at Radford Health Centre and provides specialist support to palliative patients and their families across a variety of settings across Nottingham City including the patients own home.

The successful candidate will work within the team to support both the Nursing and Rehabilitation staff already in post. The role will help to support and improve the delivery and provision of palliative end of life care in the community for all palliative care patients with a life limiting diagnosis, in order to improve quality of life, promote independence and improve the patients and carers experiences at the end of life.

This is a rewarding opportunity for someone with a Foundation Degree, NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent), or demonstrable relevant experience in health, social care or voluntary care. You should have experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team, managing your own workload, maintaining accurate records, and supporting people with palliative or long-term conditions.

You will need strong communication and interpersonal skills, a compassionate and person-centred approach, and the ability to assess needs, support independence, contribute to care planning, and work closely with nurses, therapists and other professionals. You should also be confident working flexibly, carrying out delegated clinical and rehabilitation tasks, and supporting safe, high-quality care delivery.

A driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential.

If you are motivated, organised and passionate about improving quality of life for patients and carers, we would love to hear from you.

Based at Radford Health Centre, you will support patients with palliative and end of life care needs across Nottingham City, including in their own homes and care settings., We are a provider of NHS Community Health Services, CityCare exists to support the health and wellbeing of all local people, working alongside other health and care partners to achieve this. We are a value driven, people business with a passion for excellence. Our vision and social purpose is to make a difference everyday to the health & wellbeing of our communities and our values of kindness, respect, trust and honesty lie at the heart of everything we do, guiding how we work together with partners and each other to consistently deliver high quality compassionate care. As a social enterprise we aim to add social value by investing in the future of our local communities and helping to make a difference in peoples lives.

CityCare value the benefits of a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from candidates who identify as disabled, LGBT+ or from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) background, as they are currently under-represented within our organisation.