An exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced Healthcare Support Workers to progress their careers under a newly developed national pathway. The role of Assistant Practitioner will support the Hospital at Home teams in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care supervised directly or indirectly by a Registered Nurse to provide acute care within an individual’s home environment, preventing unnecessary admission to hospital or facilitating earlier discharge from the acute hospital. As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will carry out specific care duties for patients as delegated by the Hospital at Home Team.
Hospital at Home is delighted to offer this new career pathway which includes a fully supported educational package. There are different learning options for post holders to benefit from depending on their future career plans and previous learning.
You will be supported throughout this programme by clinical educators, practice education facilitators, and practice supervisors/assessors.
If you have already undertaken an appropriate SVQ 3 or a healthcare qualification at SCQF Level 7 or 8 this will be assessed and will inform the further training and development individually required to meet the academic competencies you are required to meet as part of your trainee status. Upon completion and successful sign off you will transition from Trainee Assistant Practitioner to Assistant Practitioner as outlined in the conditions of this Annex 21 post and the associated agreed timescales.
A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment. Please also refer to the essential skills required on the job specification form.
NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.
We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.
As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here.
For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found here.
It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.