Nursing Assistant Practitioner | Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 02 Mehefin 2026 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £28,392 - £31,157 pa pro rata |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 02 Gorffennaf 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Leyland, PR25 2TN |
| Cwmni: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 8052919/351-CEN2542-CL |
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We are a multidisciplinary team of Specialist Nursing, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Pharmacy working closely to assess and promote wellness and independence of the population of Chorley, Preston and South Ribble that are presenting with deteriorating frailty symptoms.
Your role will be to support the Occupational Therapist and Physiotherapists within this team including undertaking assessments and carrying out treatment plans that fall within the scope of your skills and knowledge and under the direction of the therapists.
We are looking for a flexible candidate who is able to work across a range of settings and has experience working to support Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy interventions within a community setting, with experience of assessment and provision of equipment according to patients needs.
The role involves working in patients’ own homes or with patients in a clinic environment. You will require the ability to travel to carry out home visits.
We are looking for a Technical Instructor/Assistant Practitioner with excellent communication skills, a natural problem solver and someone who has the ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team
• To work as an Assistant Practitioner within the Community Frailty Service.
• To respond to referrals in the community for patients with long term conditions that have complex rehabilitation needs.
• To assess and treat patients/clients individually and as part of multi-disciplinary team in community settings.
• To use knowledge to assist in the development of links with other community services.
• To contribute to service development, clinical audit and research and development in the arena of Community therapy assessment and intervention with a particular emphasis on high risk clients who would benefit from functional rehabilitation assessment e.g. Falls, decompensating frailty, advice around optimising occupation and independence.
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.
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Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.
This advert closes on Tuesday 16 Jun 2026