Assistant Practitioner
Band 4 Permanent 34 hours per week

We are seeking a well-motivated, enthusiastic, caring and compassionate Band 4 Assistant practitioner with Head and Neck experience to join our Head and Neck outpatients team.

We are based in the Elective Care Centre at the Aintree site of Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

We are a busy regional Maxillofacial outpatients department with a multidisciplinary team that will support you throughout your development.

We offer a range of clinics that will stretch and develop you, including Trauma, Oncology, Minor oral surgery, skin surgery, TMJ and many more.

If you are passionate about providing the highest standards of care to patients and if nothing but the best will do, we want to hear from you.

MFU / Head and Neck experience is desirable as this post will support the development and expansion of our treatment clinics within the department.

Applications are welcomed from well-motivated individuals, who are flexible, able to demonstrate high standards of care, and who possess excellent communication skills.

Please contact any of the following staff to discuss the role and arrange an informal visit:
Jenny Thomas - 0151 529 2485
Sarah Brennan - 0151 529 0330

Main duties of the job
Working as part of the multidisciplinary Head and Neck Team, in a busy regional outpatient department you will support the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality care to patients.

You will work alongside registered nurses, doctors and other members of the multidisciplinary team throughout the patient's journey.

About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital and Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 November 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.

Job responsibilities

• Deliver clinical and therapeutic care within set protocols and within scope of Assistant Practitioner remit.
• Organise and prioritise time effectively.
• Perform patient assessment (under supervision and after appropriate delegation from the registered practitioner) and deliver high standards of care in line with the Plan of care.
• Implement and evaluate individual care/treatment plans.
• Ensure care is documented accurately and in a timely manner as per Trust Policy.
• Coordinate and undertake the safe admission, transfer and discharge of patients in accordance with trust policies.
• Perform effective and timely discharge planning.
• Provide high quality patient care, appropriate to patient need.
• Take responsibility for the delivery of care to a group of patients.
• Assist patients in maintaining their personal hygiene, and dressing needs with respect for culture and religious needs, ensuring privacy and dignity at all times.
• Utilise knowledge in the prevention of pressure sores and risk assessment tools e.g. Waterlow score, use prescribed pressure-relieving equipment appropriately.
• Take personal responsibility for ensuring that patients are treated with courtesy at all times, the individual needs of the patients are respected, and confidentiality is maintained at all times.
• Promote and value the rights, responsibilities and diversity of people.

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential: Foundation degree in assisting professional practice/equivalent

Experience

• Essential: Previous acute care experience
• Essential: Ability to provide excellent patient care

Knowledge

• Essential: Ability to analyse patient progress in response to care given
• Essential: Understands the role of audit in assuring standards of care and can undertake audits in practice

Skills

• Essential: Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the Healthcare setting
• Essential: Excellent communication skills
• Essential: Basic Computer Skills: can use PAS systems, email and access policies on the Trust intranet

Other

• Essential: A good team player supportive of colleagues and patients

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here: Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Employer details
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Aintree Hospital, Lower Lane, Liverpool, L9 7AL, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/

Contact
Jenny Thomas, clinic manager H&N OPD, jenny.thomas@liverpoolft.nhs.uk, 01515292485

Reference number: 287-ASUR-183-26