NHS
Assistant Practitioner - Children's Community Nursing
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Job Description
- Req#: C9409-25-0589?language=en&page=58&sort=publicationDateDesc
- NNEB/NVQ Level 3 in Children's Care, Learning and Development or equivalent. e.g.CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Child Care and Education or BTEC National Diploma in Children's Care, Learning and Development.
- Educated to GSCE level in Maths or English or equivalent qualification or relevant experience in a Health Care Setting
- Diploma or equivalent appropriate qualification, e.g foundation degree, or NVQ3 Level qual or relevant experience equivalent to diploma level.
- Knowledge of clinical skills required to undertake the role
- Experience of working with children and young people with complex medical health needs
- Knowledge of Safeguarding/Children and Vulnerable Adults procedures
- Be able to work without direct supervision
- Evidence of working within a team
- Experience in working in the community setting
- Excellent communication skills
- IT skills appropriate to role.
- Motivated individual, keen to develop within the role
- Flexible and adaptable approach to working hours and attend appropriate training as required.
- Ability to travel to various locations via own car
- NNEB/NVQ Level 3 in Children's Care, Learning and Development or equivalent. e.g.CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Child Care and Education or BTEC National Diploma in Children's Care, Learning and Development.
- Educated to GSCE level in Maths or English or equivalent qualification or relevant experience in a Health Care Setting
- Diploma or equivalent appropriate qualification, e.g foundation degree, or NVQ3 Level qual or relevant experience equivalent to diploma level.
- Knowledge of clinical skills required to undertake the role
- Experience of working with children and young people with complex medical health needs
- Knowledge of Safeguarding/Children and Vulnerable Adults procedures
- Be able to work without direct supervision
- Evidence of working within a team
- Experience in working in the community setting
- Excellent communication skills
- IT skills appropriate to role.
- Motivated individual, keen to develop within the role
- Flexible and adaptable approach to working hours and attend appropriate training as required.
- Ability to travel to various locations via own car
Job summary
An exciting development opportunity has arisen for a full time Band 4 Assistant Practitioner role in the Children's Community Nursing Team, working across St Helen's and Halton.
The Children's Community Nursing Team (CCNT) provides support to children and young people aged 0-19 years with complex health needs that require nursing intervention. Providing care and support for children and young people who are technology dependent, have a life limiting condition, palliative care and end of life support.
The CCNT aims to prevent hospital admission and aid a safe and effective early discharge and when needed with an appropriate package of care. We work closely with professionals to jointly formulate a plan of care which enables health needs to be managed within the community setting.
Main duties of the job
The role of the Assistant Practitioner is to work with Registered Nurses to provide and monitor high quality care, by contributing to the ongoing care of children and young people under the care of the service in line with the service pathways.
The Assistant Practitioner will develop a a breadth of knowledge to provide holistic and person centered care and support for children and young people under the care of the Children's Community Nursing Team. Working towards achieving work based competencies, developing skills in caring for children and young people with complex medical conditions, acute illness and long-term conditions.
The Community Paediatric services are seeking to employ a Assistant Practitioner to improve the quality and safety of care delivered to our children and young people . The Assistant Practitoner will work across the St Helens and Halton areas, to support care with full training provided for specialist areas of care such as tracheostomy, ventilation and enteral feeding. The post holder will support parents/carers to provide care to enable children and young people to remain at home and access the community.
The Assistant Practitioner will work flexibly to provide care and support to children and young people in the community.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our Services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
o Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
o Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
o National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Details
Date posted
11 July 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
409-7307429
Job locations
Lowe House Health Centre
103 Crab Street
St Helens
WA10 2DJ
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Job responsibilities
Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.
Advertising date: 11th July 2025
Closing date: 21st July 2025
Shortlisting date: 22nd July 2025
Proposed Interview date: TBC
Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Job responsibilities
Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.
Advertising date: 11th July 2025
Closing date: 21st July 2025
Shortlisting date: 22nd July 2025
Proposed Interview date: TBC
Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.
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Qualifications
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Knowledge
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Skills
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Other
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Knowledge
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Skills
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Other
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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.
Employer details
Employer name
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Lowe House Health Centre
103 Crab Street
St Helens
WA10 2DJ
Employer's website
https://www.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Lowe House Health Centre
103 Crab Street
St Helens
WA10 2DJ
Employer's website
https://www.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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