Outpatient Assistant PractitionerinCheadleinCheadlePUBLISHED FRI 7 MAR 2025

Have you got what it takes?

• Are you an Assistant Practitioner who can demonstrate an interest or has previous experience in palliative care?
• Do you have an interest or previous experience in the provision of specialist palliative care to patients accessing outpatient services?
• Do you have the skills required to facilitate support to patients in a group setting and the confidence to promote services externally?
• Do you have an Assistant Practitioner Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care?
• You must be passionate about our patients and a collaborative colleague. Most importantly, you must be wholeheartedly committed to and motived by the purpose and values of St Anns Hospice.

The Outpatient Assistant Practitioner is a non-occupational specific role developed to support the delivery of high-quality specialist palliative care to patients accessing outpatient and outreach services.

Youll be challenged, inspired and empowered to help us achieve our purpose and to play your part in making a difference.

• The Outpatient Assistant Practitioner does not require daily supervision and should be able to take responsibility for their work within pathways of care and that of others within a broad competency framework.
• The Outpatient Assistant Practitioner will be an integral part of the multidisciplinary team developing and maintaining strong working relationships with internal colleagues and external referrers/stakeholders to support timely and efficient access to outpatient service provision and discharge from outpatient services.
• The post holder will work autonomously within the clearly defined boundaries and carry out specific delegated clinical tasks and responsibilities that may cross professional demarcations of care.
• The post holder will be able to maintain confidentiality & data protection regarding all personal information and hospice activity, operating within current legislation.
• Work as an effective & responsible cross site team member, organising, managing and prioritising own workload supporting other areas of the team as needed.
• St Anns delivers a service across a number of sites. Whilst you will have a specific base, there may be occasions where you are required to provide cross-site/service cover.
• There will be an element of lone working, remote working without direct supervision, teaching and involvement with the development of the outpatient and outreach services, therefore work could take place in a range of community/health and social care environments.

About us

The Outpatient Assistant Practitioner will:

• Be a point of contact for patients, carers and other agencies/disciplines, communicating where there could be barriers to understanding
• Attend meetings and feedback relevant information
• Be able to manage own workload effectively and efficiently
• Support clinical staff with facilitating timely and effective access to and discharge from outpatient and outreach services
• Ensure accurate record keeping in accordance with the organisation's policy
• Enable and empower patients to develop self management skills, promoting individuals to set realistic goals
• Identify, act and minimise risk to patients and carers
• Ensure that care and support is consistent with the principles of the Mental Capacity Act
• Contribute to the holistic assessment and support of the specialist needs of patients accessing the specialist palliative care service
• Provide physical, psychological and spiritual support and advice to patients, their families or those close to them
• Support the training and development of new staff, pre-registration students, those undertaking workplace training, formal and informal carers
• Work without direct supervision of the registered practitioner in the implementation of programmes of care appropriate to outpatient and outreach settings, and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and feedback effectively