Associate Assistant Practitioner | Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust; West of England; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for an Associate Assistant Practitioner in the AAC service at the Bristol Enablement Service. This development post is non patient-facing and supported by experienced clinicians.

Responsibilities include programming communication aids, equipment preparation for assessments, regional telephone support for loaned devices, and assisting in training sessions within a busy clinical team.

Responsibilities

• Communication Aid Programming: preparing vocabularies and resources for patients on caseload using specialist software.
• Equipment Preparation: readying equipment for clinical assessments and training sessions.
• Telephone support: assist patients and their support teams with loaned devices regionally.
• Assist in training sessions: support delivery of training within the team.

Job description

Associate Assistant Practitioner | Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Company: University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

Salary: £25,760 - £27,476 pa pro rata

Hours: Part-time

Location: Bristol, BS34 5BW

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 4 Nov 2026

Closing date: 4 Dec 2026

AAC WEST, based at the Bristol Centre for Enablement (BCE), is an NHS funded department that provides technological solutions for individuals that require alternative methods to communicate. The service is commissioned by NHS England to provide Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) assessments and equipment to people living in the South West region who meet nationally agreed referral criteria.

AAC WEST are looking to recruit an Associate Assistant Practitioner to join their busy clinical team to support in the preparation of communication aids that have been prescribed for active patients on the service case load.

This role will be based from the Bristol Enablement Service (BCE) and as a development post, will be fully supported by a team of experienced AAC assistants and registered clinicians.It is a non patient facing role. The successful candidate will be a confident computer user who enjoys managing their own workload.

Main duties of the job:

• Communication Aid Programming- Preparing both high and low tech communication resources using specialist software to collate vocabularies which are provided by and on behalf of patients on the caseload
• Equipment Preparation – Preparing equipment for clinical team to take to assessments and training sessions
• To offer telephone support to patients and their support teams in the region on devices which have been loaned
• To assist in the delivery of training sessions

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations,operatingfrom three main sites at Southmead, Bristol citycentreand Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that theSouth Westhas to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit andretaina workforce whichrepresentsthe rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your applicationin order toensurewe’remeeting our pledge.

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

This advert closes on Wednesday 18 Nov 2026

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