RRIC Community Healthcare Assistant Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 21/08/2026
- Closes
- 06/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role supports the Wycombe Rapid Response and Intermediate Care teams, assisting patients with acute and chronic conditions to maximize their independence. You will work alongside various therapists and nurses, managing your own caseload of non-complex patients. The position involves delivering clinical and therapeutic care within set protocols and performing patient assessments. You will also coordinate patient admissions, transfers, and discharges, ensuring high standards of care.
Essential criteria
- Level 3 Health and Social Care Diploma or equivalent
- Commit to undertaking Foundation Degree and any associated training once available
- Significant experience working within a patient facing environment with a reablement/ rehabilitation focus.
- Previous experience working with patients with physical, cognitive or behavioural impairment.
- SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEGDGE
- Good knowledge of the audit process
- Collaborate with multi professional service users, internal and external at all levels
- Able to motivate self and be able to work with all levels of staff
- Ability to work well in a team and independently
- Able to accept and undertake responsibility for designated tasks
- General computer skills
- Clear, concise verbal and written communication to ensure liaison with multi-disciplinary team, patients and carers to ensure records and reports are accurate, legal and in legible manner (in English)
- Demonstrate good organisational skills
- Demonstrate insight into the importance of maintaining a safe working environment.
- Ability to learn/ability to self initiate learning (evidence within the last 2 years)
- Awareness of Health & Safety issues and policies
- Able to know own limitation and seek advice
- Able to complete tasks set, follow instructions
- Flexible and adaptable in approach to work
- Able to undertake manual handling tasks
- Physical ability and endurance work in the physical environment of the clinical area required by this post
- Positive attitude
- Flexibility and adaptable to changing needs of the service
- Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Ability to act as an effective role model
- SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
- Valid and current driving licence and car to be able to travel to locations throughout Buckinghamshire
- EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
- Level 3 Health and Social Care Diploma or equivalent
- Commit to undertaking Foundation Degree and any associated training once available
- Significant experience working within a patient facing environment with a reablement/ rehabilitation focus.
- Previous experience working with patients with physical, cognitive or behavioural impairment.
- SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEGDGE
- Good knowledge of the audit process
- Collaborate with multi professional service users, internal and external at all levels
- Able to motivate self and be able to work with all levels of staff
- Ability to work well in a team and independently
- Able to accept and undertake responsibility for designated tasks
- General computer skills
- Clear, concise verbal and written communication to ensure liaison with multi-disciplinary team, patients and carers to ensure records and reports are accurate, legal and in legible manner (in English)
- Demonstrate good organisational skills
- Demonstrate insight into the importance of maintaining a safe working environment.
- Ability to learn/ability to self initiate learning (evidence within the last 2 years)
- Awareness of Health & Safety issues and policies
- Able to know own limitation and seek advice
- Able to complete tasks set, follow instructions
- Flexible and adaptable in approach to work
- Able to undertake manual handling tasks
- Physical ability and endurance work in the physical environment of the clinical area required by this post
- Positive attitude
- Flexibility and adaptable to changing needs of the service
- Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Ability to act as an effective role model
- SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
- Valid and current driving licence and car to be able to travel to locations throughout Buckinghamshire
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
RRIC Community Healthcare Assistant Practitioner
The closing date is 06 September 2026
Job summary
Our Wycombe Rapid Response and Intermediate Care teams are busy places to work and you will be using your skills to support a caseload of patients with both acute and chronic conditions enabling them to maximise their independence. The role has been developed to support the clinical case managers and you will be working alongside Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses and Paramedics as well as rehabilitation focused healthcare assistants. You will carry your own caseload as well as supporting and reviewing people receiving services from the team.
Main duties of the job
- Deliver clinical and therapeutic care, within the clinical setting within set protocols and within the scope of the Assistant Practitioner.
- Perform patient assessment, plan and deliver high standards of care. Develop, implement and evaluate individual care/ treatment plans (in accordance with proven competency and after appropriate delegation from a registered practitioner.
- Be responsible for carrying a caseload of non-complex patients.
- Co-ordinate and undertake the safe admission, transfer and discharge of patients in accordance with Trust policies. Perform safe, effective and timely discharge planning.
- Assist patients in maintaining t
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