Job summary

The Interim Care and Support Team (ICAST) is a brand new team being developed by the Trust to support patients in their own homes before their care package can start.

We are searching for a number of Associate Practitioners to join our team as some of the first members of the team. With a minimum of L5 qualification in a relevant subject and recent relevant practical, hands on experience, you will be supporting not only patients, but also the leadership and development of the team.

In return for your dedication and support to the team and your patients, we will support you with ongoing training and professional development. You will receive regular 1:1 supervisions and annual appraisals. We pride ourselves on "growing our own" and as part of the wider Intermediate Care service, you will have opportunities to trial different teams and roles as appropriate as well as access training opportunities both internally and externally.

You will also be responsible for line managing junior staff members, including their development, managing HR issues if and when they arise and ensuring a high quality of service delivery by them.

As a community-based role, it is essential you have access to a vehicle for work purposes, including business insurance and a valid license. This is a seven day service and as such you will be rostered to work a mix of week days and weekends. Shift patterns are usually 7.5hrs rostered between 8am-9pm.

Main duties of the job

Your role will:

• Involve assessing patients' care needs and writing care and support plans whilst championing a strengths-based approach to care provision.
• Empowering patients to be as independent as possible and building on their existing support networks.
• In addition, you will also deliver hands on care to patients, ensuring the highest quality of care leading to extremely satisfied patients.
• To have a vehicle for use for work purposes and have business insurance. To work as part of a rota covering the Trust's Intermediate Care Service 08:00-20:00 7 days a week.

About us

Visa Sponsorship:This position is not eligiblefor Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the contract.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

You can read more about the key tasks and responsibilities associated with this role in the job description attached with this advert, including the administrative and organisational duties, involvement in social and digital media development and monitoring and forward planning.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Foundation degree, NVQ Level 5 or evidence of working towards one of these qualifications, relevant to this role

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience as an HCA, Community Support Worker or Therapy Assistant
• Previous experience undertaking patient assessments.

Desirable

• Community experience

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Good communication skills to include concise and effective verbal and written reports
• Ability to follow clear instructions and feedback to senior staff
• Able to work with minimal supervision
• Previous experience undertaking assessments and rehab
• Able to motivate people and monitor progress
• Ability to cope with and analyse changing situations
• Prioritisation skills
• Confident computer skills with word and patient record systems

Desirable

• Teaching skills
• Knowledge of risk assessment

Job summary

Take your clinical career in a new, flexible direction Are you an experienced clinically-registered professional looking for a flexible role where your clinical judgement really matters? We have an exciting opportunity to join ourAll-Age Complex and Continuing Care (AACCC) Bank staff as aBand 6 Bank Clinical Practitioner, supporting children, young people, and adults with complex health and care needs across the Thames Valley region. You will step into assignments to coordinate NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) assessments, support person-centred decisions, and collaborate closely with families and multidisciplinary health and social care partners. Having recently become part ofFrimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we're embarking on an ambitious programme of transformation. We are looking for compassionate, adaptable, and motivated professionals to join our flexible workforce and help shape the future of our service.

Main duties of the job

As a Bank Clinical Practitioner within our All-Age Complex and Continuing Care (AACCC) service, you'll use your clinical knowledge and experience flexibly to make a real difference to people living with complex health and care needs. This is an opportunity to take your career in a new direction, combining clinical assessment, professional judgement and collaborative working to ensure people receive the right care and support through flexible bank assignments. At the heart of your bank role will be undertaking NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) assessments and reviews, working closely with individuals, their families and multidisciplinary teams to understand their needs and make evidence-based recommendations in line with the National Framework. You will have opportunities to work across the wider CHC pathway, including Fast Track, care planning, clinical commissioning, case management and personal health budgets. No two days will be quite the same. You'll work with people in a variety of settings on a flexible basis, navigating complex clinical situations and bringing information to influence different professionals to support person-centred decision making. You'll advocate for individuals, work collaboratively with health and social care partners and use your clinical expertise to help ensure care is safe, appropriate and responsive to changing needs.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Details

Date posted

20 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£27.25 an hour per hour incl HCAS & WTD

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

151-CLIN-CP-AACCC-01

Job locations

Frimley Park Hospital

Portsmouth Road

Frimley

GU16 7UJ

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Holistic CHC Assessment: Autonomously coordinate and complete Checklists, Decision Support Tools (DSTs), and reviews for adults and children.

Flexible Pathway Delivery: Adapt quickly to support Fast Track cases, care planning, clinical commissioning, case management, and Personal Health Budgets (PHBs).

MDT Collaboration & Advocacy: Chair and facilitate complex multidisciplinary meetings, advocating for individuals while collaborating with health and social care partners.

Evidence-Based Recommendations: Synthesize complex clinical information to present robust, defensible eligibility recommendations.

Quality & Safety Assurance: Navigate fluid clinical environments to ensure commissioned care is safe, appropriate, and responsive to changing patient needs.

Job description Job responsibilities Holistic CHC Assessment: Autonomously coordinate and complete Checklists, Decision Support Tools (DSTs), and reviews for adults and children. Flexible Pathway Delivery: Adapt quickly to support Fast Track cases, care planning, clinical commissioning, case management, and Personal Health Budgets (PHBs). MDT Collaboration & Advocacy: Chair and facilitate complex multidisciplinary meetings, advocating for individuals while collaborating with health and social care partners. Evidence-Based Recommendations: Synthesize complex clinical information to present robust, defensible eligibility recommendations. Quality & Safety Assurance: Navigate fluid clinical environments to ensure commissioned care is safe, appropriate, and responsive to changing patient needs.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area with up-to-date registration with the relevant regulatory body e.g. Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC).

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience of working in a health or care environment (including acute, community, mental health, local authority etc. and evidence of continuing professional development
• Experience and understanding of health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it.

Desirable

• Further training or significant experience in project management and planning, financial management or supporting change management processes.

Skills

Essential

• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of current national and local policy/Framework Guidance relating to NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS Funded Nursing Care
• Knowledge and experience of working with Safeguarding issues and Policy guidance
• Clear communicator with excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts

Desirable

• Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and Best Interests decision making.
• Skills for communication on complex matters and difficult situations, requiring persuasion and influence
• Independent thinker, with demonstrated good judgement, problem-solving and analytical skills

Person Specification Qualifications Essential Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area with up-to-date registration with the relevant regulatory body e.g. Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC). Experience Essential Previous experience of working in a health or care environment (including acute, community, mental health, local authority etc. and evidence of continuing professional development Experience and understanding of health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it. Desirable Further training or significant experience in project management and planning, financial management or supporting change management processes. Skills Essential Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of current national and local policy/Framework Guidance relating to NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS Funded Nursing Care Knowledge and experience of working with Safeguarding issues and Policy guidance Clear communicator with excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts Desirable Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and Best Interests decision making. Skills for communication on complex matters and difficult situations, requiring persuasion and influence Independent thinker, with demonstrated good judgement, problem-solving and analytical skills

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Frimley Park Hospital

Portsmouth Road

Frimley

GU16 7UJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Frimley Park Hospital

Portsmouth Road

Frimley

GU16 7UJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job summary

Senior Pathology Support Worker - Band 3

37.5 hours per week

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to develop your career within a busy and rewarding laboratory environment? We are seeking a Senior Pathology Support Worker to join our Bacteriology team.

In this role, you will play an important part in supporting the delivery of a comprehensive range of scientific and diagnostic services, working across a variety of areas within Bacteriology.

What you'll be doing

• Supporting the delivery of high-quality laboratory and diagnostic services within Bacteriology.
• Working across a range of laboratory areas, contributing to the efficient and effective processing of clinical specimens.
• Communicating professionally with hospital clinicians, GPs, healthcare professionals, patients and their representatives, as well as commercial suppliers.
• Operating sophisticated automated laboratory equipment and carrying out a range of manual laboratory techniques under appropriate supervision.
• Working as part of a dedicated multidisciplinary team to support the delivery of safe, accurate and timely diagnostic services.

If you are organised, motivated and keen to make a difference within pathology services, this could be an excellent opportunity to develop your skills and contribute to a vital diagnostic service.

Main duties of the job

• To participate in the provision of a comprehensive range of scientific and diagnostic services across a range of work areas within Bacteriology.
• The post holder is required to communicate with hospital clinicians, general practitioners, other healthcare professionals, patients and their representatives and commercial suppliers.
• The post holder will operate sophisticated, automated laboratory equipment and perform manual techniques under supervision.

About us

Visa Sponsorship:This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the contract.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too. We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users. Frimley Health Trust benefits on Vimeo

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.

Person Specification

Experience

Desirable

• Experience of working in a relevant routine laboratory.

Qualifications

Essential

• Good basic education to include GCSE O Levels / A Levels or NVQ level 3 or IBMS Certificate of Achievement
• Willing to undergo relevant training

Desirable

• Basic educational qualification in mathematics

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• Ability to perform basic mathematical calculations
• Observant of detail, ability to make basic judgement decisions
• Possess basic IT skills
• Ability to communicate clearly