Assistant Practitioner - Clacton-on-Sea, United Kingdom - East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Clacton-on-Sea, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We have exciting Assistant Practitioner opportunities available at Clacton Hospital across both a new and established Wards.

Full Time & Part Time hours would be considered.

You will work as part of the Multidisciplinary Team assisting and supporting patients to regain their independence in activities of daily living by following nursing and therapy care plans.

You will need excellent communication skills, be able to adapt to changing situations, you will work over 7 day shift pattern that covers 24 hours inpatient service delivery and you will be required to work days, nights, weekends and bank holidays.

This is a great opportunity to commence your caring career or take the next step in developing your skills.

You will work under the direction of the Registered Nurses and duties will include:

Assisting with patients personal care
Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Recording of vital signs
Assisting patients to maintain/improve their nutritional status
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One of the largest Trust's in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area.

We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of over 11,000 amazing colleagues providing care to 800,000 residents.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts.

Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a range of services including mental health support. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone.

Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship.

All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.