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As an Assistant Practitioner in Hepatology you will be part of a brilliant, friendly, hard-working team who strive for excellent patient centred care.

The job role is primarily to provide support to the Hepatology Advanced Clinical Practitioners [ACP] and patients’ who have hepatological related health problems.

The Assistant Practitioner will be responsible for administrative and clinical skills including fibroscanning.

You will be supported with on the job training opportunities to build on your current scope of practice. Providing support over the telephone to patients will be key in this position, therefore good communication skills are essential. The trust has guidelines and policies to follow that you will become familiar with to help support your role.

This is a development role, : if the succesful applicant is appointed at band 3 they will be supported to complete the Assistant Practitioner qualification as part of their development in role and once completed would be moved up to a band 4

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The Assistant Practitioner will provide support to the Hepatology Advanced Clinical Practitioners [ACP] and patients’ who have hepatological related health problems.

The post holder will assist with the assessment and management of patients and  they will undertake a range of administrative and practical skills including independent fibroscanning, to an expert level.

The successful applicant will form a professional judgement of an individual’s health condition and identify appropriate investigations to be carried out according to the correct protocols.

The post holder will manage their own role with guidance available from the ACP, supervision and teaching of staff will also be a part of this position as well as liaising with the multi-disciplinary team. 

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond.

The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.

We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.

The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.

The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.

At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.