Assistant Practitioner, Band 3

Job Description

ACE provides a range of Respiratory Services (Pulmonary Rehabilitation/COPD/Home Oxygen) which are delivered by specialist clinicians working as a Hosted Service within Tendring ICT. We are looking for an experienced, motivated individual, to join our team. You will be an individual with demonstrable interest in respiratory disease management, supporting patients to become experts in their own care.This post will support patient reviews and self-management advice with specific reference to inhaler technique, breathing exercises, pulmonary rehabilitation, disease management and optimisation as well as general health & well-being advice.The post holder will support the registered clinicians within Respiratory Service. There will be opportunities to contribute to the clinical caseload management in all respiratory service areas. Full training and support will be provided to ensure optimum staff performance and service delivery.You will be able to demonstrate the ability to build relationships with patients, helping to support and motivate them. You will be a committed team worker, supporting the delivery of care.Anglian Community Enterprise is committed to offering the people of North East Essex an integrated and seamless network of patient-centred services based, wherever possible, closer to where they live and in their communities. As a result you will need to be flexible and able to work at various sites across Tendring and Colchester in line with service requirements. As this post will cover community and clinics ability to drive and access to a vehicle are essential.We offer a well-established supervision and appraisal structure and we have a firm commitment to CPD, evidence based practice, undergraduate and postgraduate education. You will have the opportunity to participate in the provision of regular in-service training .You will be encouraged and supported to develop your skills and be actively involved in service development.For further information contact Helen Welham on or helen.welham@acecic.nhs.ukACE is commissioned to provide a number of services including Community based health services (Care Closer to Home). We have been advised by North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group that this contract will be provided by another organisation after 30th June 2021. This is not as a reflection of ACE but due to the Commissioner wanting to make changes to the way the service is delivered. At the present time we don’t know who the new provider will be but the CCG is working to determine this by the end of 2020. This change does not affect our ability to recruit and should you be employed at the end of June 2021 you will transfer to the new provider on the same terms and conditionsThis post is classified as Regulated Activity and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). You must therefore disclose on your application form all convictions, cautions, youth cautions and youth conditional cautions, which are not protected. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of cautions and convictions and what you must therefore disclose on your application form can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service website. If you are offered the post we will need to obtain a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check for you. You will also be expected to join the DBS update service and renew this annually, the cost of which will be reimbursed to you. You are advised to read the attached leaflet regarding the Disclosure and Barring Service.Working for ACE puts you right at the heart of all North Essex has to offer.Within Tendring you have 60kms of beautiful coastline including Blue Flag beaches, the gentile charm of Frinton and the more bustling Clacton – one of the driest places to live in the UK! Within a stone’s throw of Tendring is Colchester – Britain’s oldest recorded town and now one of its fastest growing with a range of recreational facilities to match. The jewel in the crown of its historic past is its Norman castle, built on Roman foundations. A wealth of new homes is complemented by an equally broad selection of character homes in the plethora of picture-postcards villages that surround the town. The likes of Sible Hedingham, Finchingfield and Dedham (the latter being the heart of Constable Country made famous by the artist John Constable) are much sought-after locations. In addition North Essex boasts several nationally acclaimed schools, including Colchester Royal Grammar School and Colchester County High School for Girls. London Stansted Airport is less than an hour’s drive away while all the attractions of London itself are within easy reach.