Assistant Practitioner Intermediate Care Team inNewton Abbot inNewton Abbot PUBLISHED 27 DEC 2023

Band 4: £26,530 to £29,114 a year 26530  PERMANENT 
Support terminally ill patients and their carers/relatives, ensuring other relevant agencies are involved.

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Communication and Working Relationships

To maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records of care given.

To record activity on a clinical data base as required

To work as part of the Locality team including joint working with colleagues from different professional backgrounds

Feedback to the multi-disciplinary team and attendance at professional meeting as required


Planning and Organisation including end of life care and risk management

  • Work proactively with patients and their families to develop personalised care plans which reflect their choices for end-of-life care
  • Liaise closely with a range of providers of palliative care service, so that people will receive quality care aligned to the Gold Standards Framework
  • Support terminally ill patients and their carers/relatives, ensuring other relevant agencies are involved

Work with patients and carers to teach and educate them about the early warning signs to prevent crises


Responsibility and Accountability

Assist in the monitoring and protecting of groups and individuals whose health and well-being may be at risk e.g.: vulnerable adult

To participate in ordering of specific equipment, in line with instructions and ensuring safe practice

Participate in ordering and monitoring of stores, equipment and other appropriate tasks

Undertake statutory and mandatory and other training as requested

  • Support research-based practice


Responsibility for Finance, Equipment and Other Resources

Awareness of financial constraints of services and need to act responsibility in the assessment of needs with accountability for the recommendations made for care services

Awareness of financial implications for service users including that financial assessments may be required should statutory funding be required


Responsibility for Supervision, Leadership and Management

To contribute to the supervision of non-registered health care support workers

To support junior members of staff and students, promoting and monitoring best practice

Develop and maintain skills required for patients within a community setting in line with appraisal and competencies

To participate in supervision and appraisal and take responsibility for own professional development

Contribute to the planning, development and implementation of educational programmes for staff, patients and carers

Be responsible for own personal development and to keep up to date with current issues in clinical field, to include participation and attendance at related meetings, mandatory and in-service training days

Participate in appraisal system and maintain own portfolio of professional practice

Participate in clinical supervision in support of continuing professional development


Information Technology and Administrative Duties

Be competent in the use of It for data capture, client records and activity recording

Knowledge of data protection legislation and implications of consent and data sharing



See job description

  • To work independently and autonomously, providing assessment, support, care, treatment and advice to individuals, within guidelines and protocols identified for the role
  • To work within a multi-professional team undertaking practitioner role
  • To implement treatment and care to patients under the guidance and supervision of a registered professional. e.g. dressings, injections, monitoring etc
  • Wherever possible to contribute to avoidance of hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay to ensure that patients receive the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting
  • To keep the patient at the centre of his or her care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making
  • To take responsibility for the daily care and support of delegated patients
  • Deliver treatment/care within a community setting as specified in a written care plan, under the guidance of a registered practitioner
  • To practice the principles and philosophy of individualised person-centred patient care in accordance with Trust Policy, procedures and regulatory body's guidelines

See job description

  • To work independently and autonomously, providing assessment, support, care, treatment and advice to individuals, within guidelines and protocols identified for the role
  • Wherever possible to contribute to avoidance of hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay to ensure that patients receive the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting
  • To practice the principles and philosophy of individualised person-centred patient care in accordance with Trust Policy, procedures and regulatory body's guidelines
  • To work independently and autonomously, providing assessment, support, care, treatment and advice to individuals, within guidelines and protocols identified for the role
  • Deliver treatment/care within a community setting as specified in a written care plan, under the guidance of a registered practitioner
  • To take responsibility for the daily care and support of delegated patients
  • To work within a multi-professional team undertaking practitioner role
  • To work with colleagues from other organisations including voluntary sector and Social care
  • To take responsibility for the daily care and support of delegated patients
  • To keep the patient at the centre of his or her care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making

See job description


Communication and Working Relationships

To maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records of care given.

To record activity on a clinical data base as required

To work as part of the Locality team including joint working with colleagues from different professional backgrounds

Feedback to the multi-disciplinary team and attendance at professional meeting as required


Planning and Organisation including end of life care and risk management

  • Work proactively with patients and their families to develop personalised care plans which reflect their choices for end-of-life care
  • Liaise closely with a range of providers of palliative care service, so that people will receive quality care aligned to the Gold Standards Framework
  • Support terminally ill patients and their carers/relatives, ensuring other relevant agencies are involved

Work with patients and carers to teach and educate them about the early warning signs to prevent crises


Responsibility and Accountability

Assist in the monitoring and protecting of groups and individuals whose health and well-being may be at risk e.g.: vulnerable adult

To participate in ordering of specific equipment, in line with instructions and ensuring safe practice

Participate in ordering and monitoring of stores, equipment and other appropriate tasks

Undertake statutory and mandatory and other training as requested

  • Support research-based practice


Responsibility for Finance, Equipment and Other Resources

Awareness of financial constraints of services and need to act responsibility in the assessment of needs with accountability for the recommendations made for care services

Awareness of financial implications for service users including that financial assessments may be required should statutory funding be required


Responsibility for Supervision, Leadership and Management

To contribute to the supervision of non-registered health care support workers

To support junior members of staff and students, promoting and monitoring best practice

Develop and maintain skills required for patients within a community setting in line with appraisal and competencies

To participate in supervision and appraisal and take responsibility for own professional development

Contribute to the planning, development and implementation of educational programmes for staff, patients and carers

Be responsible for own personal development and to keep up to date with current issues in clinical field, to include participation and attendance at related meetings, mandatory and in-service training days

Participate in appraisal system and maintain own portfolio of professional practice

Participate in clinical supervision in support of continuing professional development


Information Technology and Administrative Duties

Be competent in the use of It for data capture, client records and activity recording

Knowledge of data protection legislation and implications of consent and data sharing



See job description

  • To work independently and autonomously, providing assessment, support, care, treatment and advice to individuals, within guidelines and protocols identified for the role
  • To work within a multi-professional team undertaking practitioner role
  • To implement treatment and care to patients under the guidance and supervision of a registered professional. e.g. dressings, injections, monitoring etc
  • Wherever possible to contribute to avoidance of hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay to ensure that patients receive the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting
  • To keep the patient at the centre of his or her care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making
  • To take responsibility for the daily care and support of delegated patients
  • Deliver treatment/care within a community setting as specified in a written care plan, under the guidance of a registered practitioner
  • To practice the principles and philosophy of individualised person-centred patient care in accordance with Trust Policy, procedures and regulatory body's guidelines

See job description

  • To work independently and autonomously, providing assessment, support, care, treatment and advice to individuals, within guidelines and protocols identified for the role
  • Wherever possible to contribute to avoidance of hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay to ensure that patients receive the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting
  • To practice the principles and philosophy of individualised person-centred patient care in accordance with Trust Policy, procedures and regulatory body's guidelines
  • To work independently and autonomously, providing assessment, support, care, treatment and advice to individuals, within guidelines and protocols identified for the role
  • Deliver treatment/care within a community setting as specified in a written care plan, under the guidance of a registered practitioner
  • To take responsibility for the daily care and support of delegated patients
  • To work within a multi-professional team undertaking practitioner role
  • To work with colleagues from other organisations including voluntary sector and Social care
  • To take responsibility for the daily care and support of delegated patients
  • To keep the patient at the centre of his or her care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making



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