Peripatetic Assistant Practitioner

Role: Peripatetic Assistant Practitioner

Salary: £13.78–£14.00 per hour
Hours: 40 hours per week
Contract: Full-time
Location: Multi-site – across St Matthews Healthcare services

About the Role

St Matthews Healthcare is looking for an experienced and motivated Peripatetic Assistant Practitioner to provide flexible clinical support across our services.

This is a multi-site role and you will work across different St Matthews Healthcare settings according to operational and clinical need. You will support teams in maintaining safe, effective and person-centred care while contributing to safeguarding, quality assurance, clinical governance and service improvement.

The role includes supporting residents with their care needs, medication support under appropriate supervision, monitoring changes in residents' wellbeing, supporting staff practice and contributing to audits, supervision, investigations and improvement activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide flexible clinical support across St Matthews Healthcare services.
• Support the delivery of safe, effective and person-centred care.
• Assist residents with personal care, nutrition, communication and other identified care needs.
• Support medication administration under the supervision of a Registered Nurse or appropriate healthcare professional.
• Monitor residents' wellbeing and promptly report changes or concerns.
• Support and supervise junior Health & Social Care Workers as appropriate.
• Contribute to safeguarding practice and escalate concerns appropriately.
• Support audits, quality assurance reviews, action plans and service improvement activities.
• Assist with investigations, information gathering and lessons learnt where required.
• Work collaboratively with Nurses and the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Respond flexibly to staffing pressures, clinical risks, safeguarding concerns and changing operational priorities across services.

Essential Requirements

• Previous experience in an Assistant Practitioner role for approximately 6 months–1 year.
• Relevant experience within Health & Social Care.
• Must be prepared to undertake a Level 5 qualification in Health & Social Care if not already held.
• Experience of working within a care, healthcare or clinical environment.
• Strong understanding of safeguarding and the appropriate escalation of concerns.
• Good knowledge of person-centred care, risk management, confidentiality and accurate record keeping.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and use initiative.
• Full driving licence and ability to travel between St Matthews Healthcare locations.
• Flexible and responsive to operational requirements across multiple services.
• Able and willing to work across both nursing home and hospital environments.
• Physically able to undertake the requirements of the role, including mandatory Moving & Handling activities and Basic Life Support (BLS).

About You

You will be confident working across different services and adapting quickly to changing priorities. You should be comfortable working both independently and as part of multidisciplinary teams and be able to communicate concerns clearly and professionally.

This role would suit someone who enjoys variety, is comfortable working across multiple healthcare environments and wants to contribute to maintaining high standards of care across the organisation.

Important – Multi-Site Working

This is not a role based permanently at one location.

You will be required to drive and travel between St Matthews Healthcare services and work at different locations according to operational and clinical requirements.

Flexibility and the ability to respond to changing service needs are essential.

Apply now if you meet the essential requirements and are interested in joining our peripatetic team.

Pay: £13.78-£14.00 per hour

Expected hours: No less than 40.0 per week

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Free parking
• On-site parking

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Northampton, Northamptonshire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• Do you require Skilled Worker visa sponsorship now or in the future to take this role?

Experience:

• Assistant Practitioner: 1 year (preferred)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Willingness to travel:

• 75% (preferred)

Work Location: In person