Job summary
- Main area
- Assistant Practitioner
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- 9 months (Fixed term until 31/3/2026)
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 432-HR363-25
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- North East Essex
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £24,625 - £25,674 per annum prorata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Assistant Practitioner - Community Respiratory Service
NHS AfC: Band 3
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
The integrated community respiratory team provide a number of services – COPD (including virtual ward), Home oxygen, Pulmonary rehabilitation and respiratory physio.
We are a team of nurses, physios and skills assistant staff. We cover all of North East Essex so access to a car and a driving licence is essential.
We provide clinic based, class based and home based care, with the aim of supporting people to have quality of life and be able to self manage their conditions.
We are seeking an assistant practitioner to support the service, particularly with our Pulmonary rehabilitation service.
This is a fixed term post until 31/3/26. If an internal applicant is successful you would be offered position as secondment.
Main duties of the job
Work within the integrated community respiratory team, contributing to delivery of the integrated care plan.
· Deliver programmes of nursing and therapeutic activities tailored to individuals and groups within a framework laid down by the registered clinicians
· Support patients with advice, information, persuasion and direction to community resources to encourage self-management and ongoing independence
· Provide support carers.
Working for our organisation
One of the largest Trusts in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.
To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Find out about living and working with us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the duties & responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Experience in caring for adults/children in a relevant setting
- • Demonstrable competence in field of activity
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Literacy and numeracy skills
- • Knowledge and skills acquired through a combination of formal, short courses, in house training and experience to NVQ Level 2 or 3 or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- • Other Relevant training
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Knowledge of activities or interventions relevant to field of activity
- • Understanding of elements of care such as personal care, nutrition, food hygiene, non-verbal communication and some specific techniques
- • Knowledge of legislation and health & safety applying to role
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Self motivated
- Car owner /driver/access to vehicle as travel to other sites required
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Helen Welham
- Job title
- Lead for long term conditions
- Email address
- [email protected]
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