Overview
The Assistant Practitioner will function at a higher competency level than that of other health care support workers. She/he will have responsibility for actively participating as a key member of the Amputee Rehabilitation Team and will be expected to communicate with a range of people on a range of matters (including the wider multi-disciplinary team) within the community, clinical department and/or ward and acute settings. The Assistant Practitioner will have a responsibility to provide quality services to patients under the supervision of a registered practitioner. The post holder will maintain, develop and evidence their clinical knowledge, skills and competencies at all opportunities.
Experienced Band 3 therapy will be considered.
To provide a high standard of care for individuals, under the supervision of the registered practitioner and acting within the standards, protocols and guidelines of the Amputee Rehabilitation service to assist in the assessment and treatment of patient\'s health and well being needs. To assess patient needs and plan, deliver and evaluate interventions within the agreed protocols/frameworks and within the Assistant Practitioner\'s defined scope of practice.
Responsibilities
* Attend and contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings and other meetings where appropriate.
* Attend in-house training as required to develop current job role.
* May be required to demonstrate own duties to students, new starters and/or less experienced staff; and be involved in induction programmes for new staff/students as required.
* Be aware of limitations of own scope of practice and when to involve a more senior practitioner, both in daily practice and in emergency situations.
* Acknowledge and recognise peoples expressed beliefs, preferences and choices.
* Demonstrate an awareness of clinical governance and risk management, and apply to work situation.
* To provide peer support to other practitioners, demonstrating leadership skills as required.
* Identify and explore own contribution to team working, and reflect on own practice.
* Actively contribute to the working of the team and express ideas on improving services for users and the team.
* Provide high standard of care under supervision of a registered practitioner within the Amputee Rehabilitation service.
Qualifications and Requirements
* Possible consideration for Experienced Band 3 therapy.
* Ability to communicate with a range of people including the wider multi-disciplinary team in community, clinical department, ward and acute settings.
* Ability to maintain, develop and evidence clinical knowledge, skills and competencies.
Notes
Please note: the selection processes at Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills. The use of AI in applications is monitored. The Trust remains watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.
With effect from 1 April 2026 Norfolk Community Health & Care NHS Trust will be merging with Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust to form a new organisation called East of England Community Health and Care Trust. 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.
This advert closes on Sunday 15 Feb 2026.
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