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The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Assistant Practitioner

The closing date is 13 February 2026

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Job summary

We have an exciting new opportunity to work across the inpatient emergency portals and into the community as an Assistant Practitioner, supporting the new 10-year health plan.

You will be key in helping to deliver and develop this pathway to ensure that we support flow and the patient journey appropriately, ensuring high quality care.

Main duties of the job

You will work in collaboration with the Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy teams to support and develop the pathways from the emergency portals, out into the community.

You will have previous extensive experience working with patients within a ward setting and community and will be familiar with processes around these areas. You will also be a motivated individual with a desire to inspire and implement positive change which will have a long lasting impact on our overall patient experience and outcomes.

IT skills are essential as you will be required to use digital systems.

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achievednumerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Details

Date posted

03 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

225-DIV3-7697919

Job locations

New Cross Hospital

Wolverhampton

WV10 0QP


Job description

Job responsibilities

Supporting service users

Develops, manages, and maintains positive, appropriate relationships with service users, families and carers, demonstrating respect, kindness, compassion and empathy at all times.

Consistently deploys care, treatment and support strategies to promote and provide person-centred care, including providing information, advice and guidance to service users, carers, families, health professionals and others.

Understands the social, cultural, and economic influences, individual circumstances, behaviours, and lifestyle choices that impact on health outcomes for service users and their families, including health inequalities.

Understands the aims and principles of health promotion, protection and improvement and importance of relevant interventions for individual service users and their families, including making every contact count.

Applies principles of behaviour change within individualised contexts to enable personalised discussion, sensitively communicating complex and/or potentially challenging information to service users if appropriate to facilitate change including through social prescribing.

Able to identify ways to promote dignity and is aware of individuals environments and factors that might cause discomfort.

Understands a range of organisations in the health and social care system and services provided, referring service users to services appropriately.

Communication and information management

Understands role requirement and the importance of accessing, maintaining and storing documentation relating to care, in accordance with local guidance and legal requirements for maintaining confidentiality and data protection.

Keeps complete, clear, accurate and timely records, utilising digital platforms as required.

Communicates through a variety of methods, including the use of interpersonal, written and verbal and nonverbal skills. Exchanges information with service user and families using active listening, compassion, empathy, and coproduction techniques with the service user.

Safe and inclusive environments

Contributes to the maintenance of healthy and safe working environments through appropriate practice, use of resources, techniques and behaviours and understanding of relevant legislation.

Contributes to the development, application and evaluation of organisational procedures and protocols.

Identifies and manages risks, including assessment of moving and handling, using local policies and procedures. Is aware of the environment in which they work and how to maintain safety for themselves and others.

Research and service improvement

Participates in, contributes to, and may lead, audits, service evaluation and quality improvement projects relevant to own work.

Applies research governance, ethics, protocols and guidelines and may undertake more complex research activities including data collection and analysis. Disseminates research findings.

See job description and person specification for further requirements.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Supporting service users

Develops, manages, and maintains positive, appropriate relationships with service users, families and carers, demonstrating respect, kindness, compassion and empathy at all times.

Consistently deploys care, treatment and support strategies to promote and provide person-centred care, including providing information, advice and guidance to service users, carers, families, health professionals and others.

Understands the social, cultural, and economic influences, individual circumstances, behaviours, and lifestyle choices that impact on health outcomes for service users and their families, including health inequalities.

Understands the aims and principles of health promotion, protection and improvement and importance of relevant interventions for individual service users and their families, including making every contact count.

Applies principles of behaviour change within individualised contexts to enable personalised discussion, sensitively communicating complex and/or potentially challenging information to service users if appropriate to facilitate change including through social prescribing.

Able to identify ways to promote dignity and is aware of individuals environments and factors that might cause discomfort.

Understands a range of organisations in the health and social care system and services provided, referring service users to services appropriately.

Communication and information management

Understands role requirement and the importance of accessing, maintaining and storing documentation relating to care, in accordance with local guidance and legal requirements for maintaining confidentiality and data protection.

Keeps complete, clear, accurate and timely records, utilising digital platforms as required.

Communicates through a variety of methods, including the use of interpersonal, written and verbal and nonverbal skills. Exchanges information with service user and families using active listening, compassion, empathy, and coproduction techniques with the service user.

Safe and inclusive environments

Contributes to the maintenance of healthy and safe working environments through appropriate practice, use of resources, techniques and behaviours and understanding of relevant legislation.

Contributes to the development, application and evaluation of organisational procedures and protocols.

Identifies and manages risks, including assessment of moving and handling, using local policies and procedures. Is aware of the environment in which they work and how to maintain safety for themselves and others.

Research and service improvement

Participates in, contributes to, and may lead, audits, service evaluation and quality improvement projects relevant to own work.

Applies research governance, ethics, protocols and guidelines and may undertake more complex research activities including data collection and analysis. Disseminates research findings.

See job description and person specification for further requirements.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of sports/therapy/anatomy - placements/experience on degree course
  • Therapy Assistant role at B3
  • NHS ward work experience

Qualifications

Essential

  • Sports Science Degree/Btec Equivalent
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of sports/therapy/anatomy - placements/experience on degree course
  • Therapy Assistant role at B3
  • NHS ward work experience

Qualifications

Essential

  • Sports Science Degree/Btec Equivalent

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Address

New Cross Hospital

Wolverhampton

WV10 0QP


Employer's website

https://www.royalwolverhampton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Address

New Cross Hospital

Wolverhampton

WV10 0QP


Employer's website

https://www.royalwolverhampton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Lead

Katie Woodward

katie.woodward@nhs.net

01902695597

Details

Date posted

03 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

225-DIV3-7697919

Job locations

New Cross Hospital

Wolverhampton

WV10 0QP


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