Community Assistant Practitioner

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust; North End; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health organization is seeking a full-time Community Assistant Practitioner based in King's Lynn, UK. The role involves patient assessment, goal setting, and implementation of treatment plans across various conditions. Strong communication and problem-solving skills are essential, along with a UK driving licence. Experience within a community or therapy team is advantageous. The position is part of a supportive team, promoting professional development and flexibility in work patterns.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Flexible working patterns

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Current UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
• Ability to work autonomously under direction.
• Previous experience in a community setting or therapy-based team desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assess and treat patients with multiple conditions.
• Prepare and carry out assessments and treatments.
• Modify interventions using clinical reasoning.
• Monitor patient changes and alert qualified practitioners.
• Plan and document patient visits.

Skills

Effective communication skills

Problem solving skills

Resilience

Job description

The Kings Lynn and Coastal Community Therapy team has an exciting opportunity to recruit a full time Community Assistant Practitioner (37.5 hours per week). The role as an autonomous practitioner involves patient assessment, goal setting, implementation of treatment plans and primary prevention strategies. The team cover a wide variety of conditions within a community setting, a current UK driving licence and access to a vehicle will be essential for this role. You will need to be able to demonstrate effective communication skills, problem solving skills and be resilient and able to cope in changing and challenging situations. You will work under the direction of our Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists but will also be required to work autonomously. Previous experience of working within a community setting or within a therapy-based team would be desirable. Patient visits in the in the community may be planned or unplanned depending on the need of the patient. The post covers the King's Lynn and Coastal areas across West Norfolk and your base will be St James Clinic in King's Lynn. Supervision will be provided by an Occupational Therapist or a Physiotherapist. We offer the opportunity to work in an experienced and supportive team with opportunities for on-going professional development.

Responsibilities

• Assess and treat patients with multiple conditions, sometimes complex in nature.
• Prepare for, carry out and monitor assessments and treatments in specified clinical areas, and discharge in line with predetermined department protocols.
• Modify and progress intervention / treatment using own clinical reasoning, notifying a qualified practitioner accordingly.
• Monitor patients and promptly alert a qualified practitioner when there are unexpected changes.
• Demonstrate problem solving, and contribute to the solution, working with colleagues.
• Make clinical judgements on patients' response to prescribed treatment, making adjustments as required, and report findings to a qualified practitioner.
• Plan and prioritise own visits to patients and document on SystmOne ledger.
• Ensuring the outcome of patient visits are documented in SystmOne record within 24 hours of visit.
• Be flexible to accommodate admission avoidance patients.

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. Additionally, people with disabilities that fall under the Disability Confident Scheme will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification). All sites are Smoke Free.

Immigration Status

Norfolk Community Health & Care NHS Trust is a diverse employer and welcomes all job applications. However, potential applicants should note that although the Trust is registered with the Home Office as a sponsor organisation for migrant workers, sponsorship can only be offered against Skilled Worker visas. If you are an applicant from outside the UK and do not already hold a self‑gained right to work, we recommend you check the Home Office eligibility requirements before making an application.

Please note: Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for some job roles, and this will be identified through filtering questions at the start of any job application on the Trac recruitment system.

Redeployment

Please note that in the first instance priority for this vacancy will be given to NCH&C staff who are on the Trusts Redeployment Register.

DBS

If this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and you are not a current employee of Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust or being recruited as an Apprentice then the cost of the DBS check will be automatically removed from your first month's salary. However if you are registered with the update service this may not be required.

Trust Information

Band 4
NCH&C is proud to be the first standalone NHS community trust in the UK to achieve an 'Outstanding' rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our focus is on continually improving the quality of care we offer to local people and on improving access to that care, helping people to move seamlessly from one service to another. Praising NCH&C's "compassionate, inclusive and effective leadership at all levels", the CQC observed that our staff are well supported to make positive changes and innovations.

Norfolk Community Health & Care NHS Trust is committed to continuing to create a modern and inclusive work environment. As part of this commitment we actively promote flexible working opportunities where possible, to meet the needs and wishes of our workforce to maintain and improve their wellbeing. The trust offers a range of flexibility, including flexible working patterns, and we would encourage you to discuss this with the recruiting manager before or during the application process if this would interest you.

We welcome applications from people who share our values and can help us deliver outstanding care in our local community.

Before applying for this vacancy, please make sure you're familiar with ongoing GOV.uk sponsorship eligibility criteria which will impact the organisations ability to provide sponsorship, whether this is currently or in the future.

Specifically for band 3 roles within healthcare please be aware of the salary threshold required for a certificate of sponsorship to be granted, and that unfortunately overseas applicants who are new to care will not reach the minimum salary threshold to obtain a certificate of sponsorship and therefore your application will be withdrawn.

With effect from the 1^st April 2026 Norfolk Community Health & Care NHS Trust will be merging with Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust to form a new organisation. The new Trust will provide a wide range of community health and social care services to over 4 million people, with a budget of circa £380 million and a workforce of over 7,000 people.

On April 1st 2025, the Boards of Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust and Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust will come together to deliver services as a group, with a singular board operating across both organisations. Both trusts are high performing specialist community health and care providers working in the East of England. Both have a strong track record, with the highest ratings from the Care Quality Commission, best in class NHS staff survey outcomes, and a decade of experience in innovation and clinical development.

The group model provides health and care services to the population in their homes and neighbourhoods. We provide care that supports people from the very beginning to the very end of their lives.

We will remain two separate employers until further notice, and this role being advertised will be employed by Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust.

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