# Assistant Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-practitioner/ffde1bad-48ce-45a2-a669-a4813778bb52 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-practitioner/ffde1bad-48ce-45a2-a669-a4813778bb52.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Acklam Road Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Assistant practitioner - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28392.00 to £31157.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-26T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-12T11:49:10.740Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8359777 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8359777?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.tewv.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the The Teesside Children and Young Peoples Community Eating Disorder Service. The team is based across the Teesside area based on the Acklam Road Hospital site in Middlesbrough. Travel will be required as part of the role and expenses are included. The successful applicant will be enthusiastic, motivated, experienced and demonstrate a commitment to ongoing personal and professional development. The team includes clinical psychologists, nurses, dietitians and psychiatrists. Therefore, the ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team is essential. The post holder will provide evidence-based assessment and treatment-based interventions as part of the clinical eating disorder pathways, and offer input to individuals, their families and carers, other agencies within the home, an acute setting and a clinical setting. You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. Please note, this role does not meet the required eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa and therefore the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular role. ### Main duties of the job The successful candidate will be working alongside the MDT in monitoring physical health, regularly facilitating physical observations, including taking bloods and electrocardiograms (ECG). The candidate will have the opportunity to complete venepuncture training and ECG training if not already trained. The role will include supporting the children and young people by providing therapeutic interventions, meal support and coaching to families within the community. You will provide support to the MDT in reporting progress and observations of the children and young people. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities This post is not open to trainees therefore the successful applicants will need a Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care and Literacy and Numeracy Level 2 or equivalent to be recruited into this Band 4 position. Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying. This job advert may close early if a high volume of applications have been received. If interested, please apply for this post as soon as possible. ### Applicant requirements This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Time management and ability to prioritise effectively - Effective verbal and written communication skills - Competency in record keeping (within agreed timescales) - Approved techniques in physical intervention (within agreed timescale) **Desirable** - Competency in ECG and venepuncture ### Knowledge **Essential** - Previous experience with working with people with Mental ill Health or Learning Disabilities working as a HCA or equivalent in a care environment e.g. Care worker in a Care Home, Domiciliary Worker, Lived Experience Carer. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Level 5 Accredited Qualification in a Health related subject OR - NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care and willingness to work towards achieving a Level 5 Accredited Qualification in a health related subject (to be achieved within 2 years) - Key skills in literacy, numeracy at Level 2 ### other requirements **Essential** - Ability to travel independently in accordance with Trust policies and service need. ## Documents - [our journey to change (pdf, 595.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2498) - [mindful employer recruitment (pdf, 93.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1595) - [probationary period procedure (pdf, 303.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1903) - [your personal characteristics (pdf, 216.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3069) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 281.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10686230) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.