# SEND Assistant Practitioner / Nurse Associate > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/send-assistant-practitioner-nurse-associate/019339ed-b644-42fa-83d7-68878fbdc071 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/send-assistant-practitioner-nurse-associate/019339ed-b644-42fa-83d7-68878fbdc071.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Hollins Park Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 .Pro rata/per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent: Term time only following Liverpool term dates - **Employment type:** Part time, Term time hours, 37.5 hours per week (Term Time Only) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-20T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-16T23:02:20.179Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Kings_Business_Park/Mersey_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/SEND_School_Health/SEND_School_Health-v8241953 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8241953?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The successful applicant will be a dynamic, highly motivated individual, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. As a SEND Assistant Practitioner / Nurse Associate, you will be working as part of pro-active skill mix team who are committed to delivering high quality services. The successful candidate will work 3 days per week during term time only. The hours of work are 8.30am - 4.30pm, Monday - Friday. The Children’s service provides support to children, young people and their families within a progressive universal model of service delivery dependent on assessed need. The service offers every child/family a programme of screening, developmental reviews and information and guidance to support parenting and healthy choices as defined by current School Health drivers. The post holder will work as part of a team to promote and maintain the health and wellbeing of children and young people with mild, moderate and severe learning difficulties which could also include those with complex medical needs. This post will include providing clinical care within the school environment. ### Main duties of the job Responsibilities will include caring for children with urinary catheters, enteral feeds, and medication requirements along with an awareness of tracheostomy and stoma care within the school and community settings. Responding to emergency situations and contributing towards specialist individual care plans to meet the child/young person’s needs alongside staff training is an important aspect of the role. Public Health The post holder will contribute towards undertaking holistic assessments of children, young people and families in planning and delivering the Healthy Child Programme, including health screening and immunisations, plus a requirement to safeguard and support the health needs of any vulnerable children/young people within the caseload across the city. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The SEND Assistant Practitioner / Nurse Associate will work predominantly as part of the SEND School Health team to promote and improve health and well-being of school-aged children and young people to reduce health inequalities. The post holder will support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme. The post holder will work in collaboration with partner agencies both voluntary and statutory to achieve good health outcomes for children and their families. The post holder will work as part of the SEND School Health Team with delegated responsibility for the implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for children, young people and families ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. 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** - Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills - Ability to motivate, negotiate with and influence others - Excellent Communication Skills - Understanding of skills required for team working - Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating individualised complex activities and programmes of care - Ability to travel, for work purposes, within the Mersey Care area ### Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding local and national influences on health care delivery, including Public Health - Clinical Governance and Risk Management - Actively involved in professional development - Knowledge of Health Promotion strategies ### Experience **Essential** - Assessing, planning and implementing individualised programmes of care - Experience of previous work in health care - Experience in assessing for and ordering community equipment **Desirable** - - Experience of working with CYP who have tracheostomies, urinary catheters, stomas, enteral feeds and use of associated equipment ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse Associate and on the NMC register or - Assistant Practitioner qualification **Desirable** - Work based experience ## Documents - [oh risk id (pdf, 408.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10563061) - [job description (pdf, 787.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10554927) - [employee benefits (pdf, 950.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2853) - [a great place to work (pdf, 2.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1400) - [our people promise and charter (pdf, 5.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2513) ## 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.