Band 4 Assistant Practitioner

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust ,
Birmingham, West Midlands

Overview

Job Description

***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested*** We have an exciting opportunity for the right person. The Assistant Practitioner is a new role within Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust so we are looking for enthusiastic, team players who are not scared of a new challenge. This job will be rewarding for an efficient, well motivated and enthusiastic team member. You will join the continence service within the District Nursing/IMT Teams providing a wide range of nursing care and clinical interventions to house bound patients. The role will involve providing a comprehensive and holistic Continence assessments catheterisation and teaching patients and carer's catheter care . You will participate in the delivery of complex care supported by a wide range of clinical competencies. You will work closely with the patient and carers in a community environment, to promote health and self management. The successful candidate must have evidence of consolidated experience of working within a health and Social Care Setting, dealing with members of the public and adults with health needs, being able to undertake a wide range of clinical observations and continence procedures. You must have excellent communication and organizational skills, experience of working within a healthcare setting/NHS along with previous team work and ability to work using their own initiative are essential. This post requires the successful candidate to be a car driver so requires a full driving licence. For further details please contact: Lesley-Anne Longthorn, Tel: 0121 466 3700. IMPORTANT * Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process. * Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address. * Please be aware that BCHC utilises a third party recruitment system (TRAC). When applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into TRAC and any correspondence will be sent via TRAC. We advise that you check your junk/spam emails. Be Part of Our Team... Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands. If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you. For further details / informal visits contact: Lesley-Anne Longthorn, Tel: 0121 466 3700. Employment Type: FULL_TIME