Assistant Practitioner - Community Respiratory Service

Main area Assistant Practitioner Grade NHS AfC:
Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 23.25 hours per week Job
-HR907-26

Site North East Essex Town Colchester Salary £24,625 - £25,674 per annum prorata Salary period Yearly Closing 12/10/2026 23:59

We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.

Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits

Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole.

The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

The integrated community respiratory team provide a number of services – COPD, Home oxygen, Pulmonary rehabilitation and respiratory physio.

We are a team of nurses, physios and skills assistant staff. We cover all of NE Essex so access to a car and a driving licence is essential.

We provide clinic based, class based and home based care, with the aim of supporting people to have quality of life and be able to self manage their conditions.

We are seeking an assistant practitioner to support the service, particularly with our Pulmonary rehabilitation service. This will involve supporting assessments, running of the class, end assessments, and equipment management.

You will also be trained to support patients with set up of MyCOPD, and to visit them to educate on techniques such as breathlessness management, chest clearance, inhaler technique and the issue and return/decontamination of loan nebulisers.

Proposed Interview date: 3rd November 2026

Work within the integrated community respiratory team, contributing to delivery of the integrated care plan.

Deliver programmes of nursing and therapeutic activities tailored to individuals and groups within a framework laid down by the registered clinicians

Support patients with advice, information, persuasion and direction to community resources to encourage self-management and ongoing independence

Provide support carers.

One of the largest Trusts in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

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