Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 4 Assistant Practitioner to join the Ventilation Team based at Aintree Hospital NHS Trust. The ventilation service provides lifelong care to home ventilation users, delivered in hospital, in clinic, or at home locally or regionally as needed. Approximately 1300 home NIV patients receive our care. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Assistant Practitioner to join a team of dedicated physiotherapists, ventilation practitioners and a wider MDT. You will have an interest in respiratory care and have or be keen to develop skills in long term ventilation management.

Main duties of the job

The service is based primarily at the Ventilation Inpatient Centre, the regional unit for long term ventilation based at Aintree Hospital NHS Trust. You will manage a caseload within the agreed sphere of practice. With the supervision of the therapists and ventilation practitioners you will review and provide assessment and treatment to ventilation patients, and take responsibility for your own clinical caseload. Duties include but are not limited to:

Assess and treat inpatients within the Ventilation Inpatient Centre

Run your own outpatient clinics for patients on home non-invasive ventilation

Provide education for patients and carers, including external professionals

Triage and respond to telephone communications received from home ventilation caseload

Triage and respond to email communications received related to home ventilation

Conduct home visits or visits to patients in other facilities alongside the physiotherapists

Assist in rehabilitation of patients on tracheostomy ventilation with the physiotherapists

Complete documentation and clinical risk assessment

Maintain clinical therapy areas and prepare equipment as needed

This is an excellent opportunity to build on and develop skills in a specialist area of respiratory care that continues to grow and evolve, working alongside a dynamic therapy team.

Details

• Date posted: 29 October 2026
• Closing date: 12 November 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 4
• Salary: £28,392 to £31,157 a year per annum, pro rata
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
• Reference number: 287-AMED-410-26
• Job locations: Aintree University Hospital, Lower Lane, Liverpool, L9 7AL, United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see job description (NM.NS.R0532e). Main responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Assessment and treatment of patients within agreed parameters of care

Supply and/or change equipment appropriately including medical devices (ventilators), accessories and interface (mask)

Delivery of education to patient and carers including external professionals, face to face and online

Record keeping to include own clinical practice, and liaison with engineers to update our systems weekly with changes made

Working with patients and carers face to face in settings including hospital, clinic and community (home visits, visits to other centres)

Remote working with patients and carers by telephone and video call

Take telephone calls and messages from patients and carers, and respond or escalate appropriately

Screen clinical queries and requests received by email; respond or escalate appropriately

Collaborative working with senior colleagues, peers and MDT internal and external to organisation

Assist colleagues in any administrative duties required for the functioning of the service

Within local bases carry out housekeeping duties, room preparation, equipment preparation and stock maintenance as directed by registered staff

Participate and contribute to audit and service development

Person Specification

Other

Essential

• A good team player supportive of colleagues and patients.

Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the Healthcare setting.
• Basic Computer Skills: I/E can use PAS systems, email and can access policies on the Trust intranet.

Knowledge

Essential

• Ability to analyze patient progress in response to care given.
• Understands the role of audit in assuring standards of care and can undertake audits in practice.

Experience

Essential

• Previous acute care experience.
• Ability to provide excellent patient care.

Qualifications

Essential

• Foundation degree in assisting professional practice/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).

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.

Employer details

• Employer name: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Address: Aintree University Hospital, Lower Lane, Liverpool, L9 7AL, United Kingdom
• Employer's website: https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/