We are recruiting for an Assistant Practitioner who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
You will function at a higher competency level than that of other Clinical Support Workers performing identified skills required with responsibility for actively participating as part of the multidisciplinary team. You also assist the registered practitioner in the planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
The Assistant Practitioner will function at a higher competency level than that of other Clinical Support Workers performing identified skills required with responsibility for actively participating as part of the multidisciplinary team.
To assist the registered practitioner in the planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
You will participate in the development of others through the acquisition of the A1 NVQ Assessors award.
The Assistant Practitioner will have the skills and knowledge necessary to contribute towards the provision of providing a high standard of evidence based care.
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
This advert closes on Thursday 16 Jan 2025