Assistant Practitioner - Community Respiratory Service

Candino CA; Colchester; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust is looking for an Assistant Practitioner in Community Respiratory Services to support the patient care team. This fixed-term position offers an excellent opportunity to contribute to essential community health services. The candidate will support individuals in managing respiratory conditions, providing both clinic-based and home care services. A valid driving license is essential for this role as it covers a broad geographical area in North East Essex.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave on commencement

Access to a range of NHS discounts

Health and Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Experience in caring for adults/children in a relevant setting.
• Knowledge of legislation and health & safety applying to role.

Responsibilities

• Work within the integrated community respiratory team.
• Deliver nursing and therapeutic activities tailored to individuals.
• Support patients with advice and information.

Skills

Self-motivated

Knowledge of care activities

Education

NVQ Level 2 or 3 or equivalent

Literacy and numeracy skills

Job description

Assistant Practitioner - Community Respiratory Service

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Job Summary

The integrated community respiratory team provide a number of services - COPD (including virtual ward), Home oxygen, Pulmonary rehabilitation and respiratory physio.

Job Summary

The integrated community respiratory team provide a number of services - COPD (including virtual ward), Home oxygen, Pulmonary rehabilitation and respiratory physio.

We are a team of nurses, physios and skills assistant staff. We cover all of North East Essex so access to a car and a driving licence is essential.

We provide clinic based, class based and home based care, with the aim of supporting people to have quality of life and be able to self manage their conditions.

We are seeking an assistant practitioner to support the service, particularly with our Pulmonary rehabilitation service.

This is a fixed term post until 31/3/26. If an internal applicant is successful you would be offered position as secondment.

Main duties of the job

Work within the integrated community respiratory team, contributing to delivery of the integrated care plan.

Deliver programmes of nursing and therapeutic activities tailored to individuals and groups within a framework laid down by the registered clinicians

Support patients with advice, information, persuasion and direction to community resources to encourage self-management and ongoing independence

Provide support carers.

About Us

One of the largest Trusts 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 almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to 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.

Find out about living and working with us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Details

Date posted

12 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year per annum prorata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

9 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

432-HR363-25

Job locations

North East Essex

659 The Crescent

Colchester

CO4 9YQ

Job Description

Job responsibilities

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

Job Description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• oExperience in caring for adults/children in a relevant setting
• oDemonstrable competence in field of activity
  
  

Qualifications

Essential

• oLiteracy and numeracy skills
• oKnowledge and skills acquired through a combination of formal, short courses, in house training and experience to NVQ Level 2 or 3 or equivalent
  
  

Desirable

• oOther Relevant training
  
  

Knowledge

Essential

• oKnowledge of activities or interventions relevant to field of activity
• oUnderstanding of elements of care such as personal care, nutrition, food hygiene, non-verbal communication and some specific techniques
• oKnowledge of legislation and health & safety applying to role
  
  

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Self motivated
• Car owner /driver/access to vehicle as travel to other sites required
  
  

Person Specification

Essential

• Self motivated
• Car owner /driver/access to vehicle as travel to other sites required
  
  

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

North East Essex

659 The Crescent

Colchester

CO4 9YQ

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

North East Essex

659 The Crescent

Colchester

CO4 9YQ

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals

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