Assistant Practitioner - Colchester, United Kingdom - East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
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Colchester, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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We are looking for a confident and motivated Assistant Practitioner to join our team.

We work in the community with children who have complex communication difficulties and their families.


We would be asking you to implement recommendations made by the speech and language therapists working in the complex communication team across Colchester and Tendring.


We will also need you to be able to carry out some administrative tasks such as appointment booking, inputting data, resource making and dealing with telephone queries.

You will therefore need to be IT literate, highly organised and able to prioritise workload.

Occasional evening work may be required.

We are a very supportive and passionate group, with good links across children's services. We provide regular appraisal and continued development

  • To assist qualified Speech & Language Therapists in the assessment and treatment of children referred into the service.
  • To undertake support work to aid in the management of children with a wide range of communication difficulties working in a variety of settings, including health, nurseries, schools and family homes.
  • Under the guidance of a qualified therapist, carry out and supervise individual and group sessions.
  • To assist in the administrative work of the therapists within the team.


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 & 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.
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